n.
Function: noun
1
Synonyms: FAILURE 4, declination, deterioration, ebbing, waning
Related Words: devitalization, weakening
Contrasted Words: advancement, progress; recovery; development, maturation
2
Synonyms: DETERIORATION 1, decadence, declension, declination, degeneracy, degeneration, dégringolade, devolution, downfall, downgrade
Related Words: comedown, descent, drop, fall, falling off, slump; ebb, wane; backsliding, lapse, relapse
Contrasted Words: development, evolution
3 a downward movement (as in price or value) FF1C; stocks suffered a decline in the market FF1E;
Synonyms: dip, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, falloff, sag, slide, slip, slump
Related Words: lapse, loss, lowering; depression; decrease, drop-off, sell-off
Contrasted Words: upswing, uptrend, upturn
4
Synonyms: DESCENT 4, declivity, dip, drop, fall