declinations

noun

plural of declination
1
as in deteriorations
a change to a lower state or level there's been a declination in basic civility in our society

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2
as in refusals
an unwillingness to grant something asked for congressional declinations of cabinet appointments have been relatively infrequent, most senators believing that the president is entitled to pick his own advisors

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Recent Examples of declinations The declinations came as the DOJ reassigned and cut prosecutors working on environmental cases. — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for declinations
  1. deteriorations
  2. refusals
  3. declines
  4. rejections
  5. degradations
  6. denials
  7. descents
Noun
  • Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of deteriorations
Noun
  • The performance lives in tiny hesitations, fleeting glances and emotional refusals.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
  • The Iraqi News Agency also reported that officials had denied the claim, citing the Iraqi Football Association as saying reports of visa refusals were inaccurate.
    — Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2026
Definition of refusals
Noun
  • But between increasingly stiff anti-smoking legislation and very real declines in volumes for years, some investors have given up the industry—and Altria—for dead.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • However, this robust growth was belied by declines in median wealth in most of the 56 markets monitored by UBS, pointing to a growing wealth gap.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of declines
Noun
  • Along with all of his rejections, Holden has a very clear set of ideas about what sorts of behaviors and activities and companions are correct.
    — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • For Raghozar, the rejections and disappointments altered her mentality and motivation entirely.
    — Kayla Lee, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of rejections
Noun
  • Key parameters such as time to recover (TTR), revenue at risk, lead times, OTIF and service-level degradations can be evaluated and compared across mitigation options.
    — Dileep Rai, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.
    — Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of degradations
Noun
  • The instinct in every one of these cases is to freak out, to fire off denials and go quiet, and that instinct is almost always the wrong one, since silence reads as guilt and panic reads as relevance.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Between 2016 and 2023, claim denials increased from 9% to 12%.
    — Miranda Yaver, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of denials
Noun
  • While there are some hills, the focus is on enjoying the forests, farmhouses, and long, winding descents rather than chasing summits.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • But it can be snapped back together and used as a snowboard for descents.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
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“Declinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declinations. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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