Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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Quote:Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honour should decline.[GK Chesterton]Definitions of: declineDefinition: To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.Definition: To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines. Definition: To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals. Definition: To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle. Definition: A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion. Definition: That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever. Definition: A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline. |
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