English-Estonian translations for decline

Definition of decline

  • Downward movement, fall.
  • A weakening.
  • A reduction or diminution of activity
  • The act of declining or refusing something
  • To move downwards, to fall, to drop
  • To become weaker or worse
  • To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall
  • To cause to decrease or diminish
  • To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw
  • To refuse, forbear
  • To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender
  • To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun
  • To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play

Examples

  • The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001
  • My health declined in winter
  • a line that declines from straightness
  • conduct that declines from sound morals
  • On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer
  • The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.

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