Declension
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Declension [1]
(1): ( n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.
(2): ( n.) Rehearsing a word as declined.
(3): ( n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
(4): ( n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.
(5): ( n.) Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.
(6): ( n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.
