declinature
[ dih-klahy-nuh-cher, -choor ]
noun
the act of refusing.
Origin of declinature
1Words Nearby declinature
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How to use declinature in a sentence
For his declinature was not a rude rejection of an honour deemed essentially false and vain.
The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel | W. G. BlaikieBut suppose that Russia should make this declinature a casus belli with Turkey,—what then?
Reid did not undertake to settle that point—a wise declinature, in the estimation of Mr Stewart.
Dr. Livingstone very naturally understood this as a declinature of his proposals.
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