OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 3625

decline

/dɪˈklaɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
declinar • descaecer (disused) • periclitar
To become weaker or worse.
After her sother died, Connie began to decline noticeably.
My health declined in winter.
declinar • rechazar
To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
Could I decline this dreadful hour?
“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he…
declinar
To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.