1. (

• declension

) the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages ;

2. (

• deterioration ,
• decline_in_quality ,
• declension ,
• worsening

) process of changing to an inferior state ;

3. (

• descent ,
• declivity ,
• fall ,
• decline ,
• declination ,
• declension ,
• downslope

) a downward slope or bend ;

4. (

• declension

) 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" ;