Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A falling off, decay or descent.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The product of that act; a list of declined forms.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈklɛn.ʃən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English declenson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaison), from Latin dēclīnātiō. Doublet of declination.

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