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Meaning and definition for "declension" word

[noun] 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"
[noun] a downward slope or bend
[noun] process of changing to an inferior state
[noun] the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

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\De*clen"sion\, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d['e]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. The declension of the land from that place to the sea. --T. Burnet. 2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc. Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To base declension. --Shak. 3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination. 4. (Gram.)
(a) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.
(b) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.
(c) Rehearsing a word as declined. Note: The nominative was held to be the primary and original form, and was likened to a perpendicular line; the variations, or oblique cases, were regarded as fallings (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from the noun's upright form, was called a declension. --Harris. {Declension of the needle}, declination of the needle.

Synonyms for declension

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

Antonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade

Related terms: chute, declination, declinature, degradation, demotion, dive, downtrend, falling, formative, IC analysis, morpheme, negative, negative answer, noncompliance, prefix, prefixation, radical, rejection, repudiation, stoop, wane, withholding

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Let's analyse "declension" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NOISNELCED. Average typing speed for these characters is 2770 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.. . -.-. .-.. . -. ... .. --- -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: declension: 5 + 5 + 9 + 6 = 25, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: declension: 4 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 6 + 5 = 46, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
N (2)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive

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