declension

• Jude is a book dealing with the manifestations and consequences of spiritual and moral declension, in contrast to the purity and power of the holy love of God. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• Beginning in Rm. 1: 28, further fruits of idolatry in moral declension are described, similar to the fruits of the flesh seen in Gal. 5: 19-21, which Paul reminds Christians later they were manifesting, "fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others", (Eph. 2: 3) the end of which is spiritual death. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• They know what a conjugation is, what a tone is, what a declension is and they operate within those grammatical terms.
• The ordinary revenue showed symptoms of declension, and the council passed a bill which declared that new imposts were impracticable, and vested a discretionary power in the government to refuse assistance to any new undertaking (1841). —  The History of Tasmania, Volume I
• The bay export has declined since 1770, which declension is owing to the high price of wool No wool smuggled, not even from Kerry; not a sloop's cargo in twenty years, the price too high; the declension has been considerable. —  A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779

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