decline

decline [-d, -s] v

Fr décline-r < L. dēclīnāre, turn or bend away from the straight course.

  1. Refuse; deny; dismiss; turn down; (see Psalms 44:18).
  2. [Astron. & Geog.] Descend; set; fall away from the equator; when the sun or other heavenly body sinks; (see Psalms 102:11).
  3. Decrease; deviate; (see Deuteronomy 17:11).