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declension

noun

1 declension

The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages.

Roget 567: grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; parts of speech; jussive; syllabication; inflection, case, declension, conjugation; us et norma loquendi [Lat.]; Lindley Murray ... show more

Roget 764: refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance; denial; declining etc. v.; declension; declinature; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, ... show more

Roget 988: impiety; sin etc. 945; irreverence; profaneness etc. adj.; profanity, profanation; blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege; scoffing ... show more

Dutch: verbuiging, verbuigen
Polish: deklinacja

2 declension

Process of changing to an inferior state.

synonyms: decline in quality, deterioration, worsening.

Dutch: degraderen, achteruitgang, verval, verslechtering, aftakeling
Polish: pogorszenie siÄ™

3 declension

A downward slope or bend.

synonyms: declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall.

Roget 36: decrease, diminution; lessening etc. v.; subtraction etc. 38; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking etc. (contraction.) ... show more

Roget 306: descent, descension, declension, declination; fall; falling etc. v.; slump; drop, plunge, plummet, cadence; subsidence, ... show more

Roget 659: deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb; recession etc. 287; retrogradation etc. 283; decrease etc. 36.    ... show more

Dutch: achteruitgang, afdaling, afkomst, afname, daling, helling, terugval, verval

4 declension

A class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms.


Moby thesaurus: IC analysis, abnegation, accidence, affix, affixation, allomorph, bound morpheme, cascade, catabasis, cataract, chute, collapse, comedown, conjugation, contradiction, crash, cutting, debacle, debasement, decadence ... show more.

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declensions

noun

Roget 5: intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion; subjectiveness; ego; egohood; essence, noumenon; essentialness etc. adj.; essential part, quintessence, ... show more

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