declining

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declining

/dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aɪnɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of decline

noun declinings

decline c. 1572', John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament For they had no civil magistrate which might correct and reform those declinings when they happened.

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Closest in meaning: deteriorating, down, dying, falling, failing, retrograde, regressing, retrogressive, regressive, decreasing, subsiding, dwindling, waning, lowering, degressive, diminishing

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@misc{declining_2026,
  title = {declining},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/declining},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}