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
make a clean breast of (something)
to confess something bad that you have done in order not to feel guilty or bad
The woman made a clean breast of things and tried to start over.