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noun
1.
Grammar.
a.
the inflection of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives for categories such as case and number.
c.
a class of such words having similar sets of inflected forms: the Latin second declension.
2.
an act or instance of declining.
3.
a bending, sloping, or moving downward: land with a gentle declension toward the sea.
4.
deterioration; decline.
5.
deviation, as from a standard.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English declenson, declynson (with suffix later assimilated to -sion), by stress retraction and syncope < Old French declinaison < Latin dēclīnātiō declination
1400–50; late Middle English declenson, declynson (with suffix later assimilated to -sion), by stress retraction and syncope < Old French declinaison < Latin dēclīnātiō declination
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declension
1560s, a grammatical term, ult. from L. declinationem, noun of action from declinare (see decline); perhaps via French; "the form is irregular, and its history obscure" [OED].
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