declension

Meanings

• the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
• process of changing to an inferior state
• a downward slope or bend
• a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
  • "the first declension in Latin"

Synonyms

declination, decline, decline in quality, declivity, descent, deterioration, downslope, fall, worsening