n.
1.change toward something smaller or lower
2.a condition inferior to an earlier condition
3.a gradual decrease
4.a downward slope or bend decline v.
1.grow worse
2.refuse to accept
3.show unwillingness towards
4.grow smaller
5.go down
6.go down in value
7.inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
Idiom of the Day
take (someone) under one's wing/wings
to protect and help someone
The supervisor took the new employee under his wing and began to teach him about the company.