Read full poem →Still upwards bent, as if heav'n were mine own,
Thy anger comes, and I decline:
What frost to that? What pole is not the zone,
Dictionary Entry
decline
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/dɪˈklaɪn/Word FrequencyCommon (5.64)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓Downward movement, fall.
In a Sentence
“Students can use decline to explain Downward movement, fall..”
Published Usage Examples
“By now the manner of writing about a Pope in decline is as ritualized as a Holy Thursday mass at Saint Peter's.”
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Origin
Latin: 'to bend down' or 'to turn aside'.
Common Phrases
. declinedecline economic
Related Words
Poetry examples for “decline”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
