n. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: SET 12, dip, go down, sink
Antonyms: ascend
2
Synonyms: FAIL 1, deteriorate, ||dwine, fade, flag, languish, weaken
Related Words: backslide, lapse, relapse; slide; return, revert; recede, retrograde; abate, ebb, subside, wane
Idioms: go downhill, take a turn for the worse
Contrasted Words: advance, progress; develop, mature; gain, recover
3
Synonyms: DETERIORATE 1, degenerate, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, retrograde, rot, sink, worsen
4 to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering FF1C; he declined the invitation FF1E;
Synonyms: disapprove, dismiss, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, spurn, turn down
Related Words: balk, boggle, demur, jib, scruple, shy, stick, stickle; abstain, forbear, refrain; deny, gainsay; abjure, renounce; bypass
Idioms: send regrets
Contrasted Words: receive, take; accede, acquiesce, assent, consent; choose, select; adopt, embrace, espouse
Antonyms: accept