Declining

//dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    decline

    "c. 1572', John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament For they had no civil magistrate which might correct and reform those declinings when they happened."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of decline form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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abjurationabjurementabnegationagingchuckingchucking out

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"The birthrate is rapidly declining in this country."

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