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- the declining flowers perked up with the gentle rainfall
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of declining (Entry 3 of 3)
- he declined the invitation to the party
- she declined to participate in the soccer game
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- declined our request to hold a party
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- new-car sales declined to their lowest level in years
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- his reputation as a writer began to decline not long after his death
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- the winds should decline as soon as the cold front passes
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- abating,
- decreasing,
- de-escalating,
- diminishing,
- draining (away),
- dropping (off),
- dwindling,
- dying (away or down or out),
- easing,
- ebbing,
- falling,
- falling away,
- lessening,
- letting up,
- lowering,
- moderating,
- palling,
- phasing down,
- ratcheting (down)
- also racheting (down),
- receding,
- relenting,
- remitting,
- shrinking,
- subsiding,
- tapering,
- tapering off,
- waning
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- the bike path declines toward the riverbank and then follows the river for several miles
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- evening,
- flattening,
- leveling
- (or levelling),
- planing,
- smoothing,
- straightening
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“Declining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/declining. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of declining was in 1597
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