declining

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: de‧clin‧ing
• Rhymes: -aɪnɪŋ

Verb

declining

1. present participle and gerund of decline

Noun

declining (plural declinings)

1. decline
   • c. 1572', John Whitgift, Admonition to the Parliament

     For they had no civil magistrate which might correct and reform those declinings when they happened.