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declension
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de·clen·sion (dē klen′s̸hən, di-)
noun
- a bending or sloping downward; slope; descent
- a falling off or away; decline, deterioration
Etymology: from the concept of cases as “declining” from the nominative: cf. case,
Gram.- a class of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives having the same or a similar system of inflections to show case
- the inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives
Etymology: ME declenson < OFr declinaison < L declinatio, a bending aside, inflection (< pp. of declinare: see decline): ME form infl. by assoc. with L descensio, a descending: see descend
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