- Grammar.
- the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives for categories such as case and number.
- the whole set of inflected forms of such a word, or the recital thereof in a fixed order.
- a class of such words having similar sets of inflected forms: the Latin second declension.
- an act or instance of declining.
- a bending, sloping, or moving downward: land with a gentle declension toward the sea.
- deterioration; decline.
- deviation, as from a standard.
- grammar
- inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives for case, number, and gender
- the complete set of the inflections of such a word
- a decline or deviation from a standard, belief, etc
- a downward slope or bend