déclinant, -e, adj., declining. Cadran —; declining dial.
déclinatoire, adj., declinatory. Exception —; exception.
déclinatoire, n.m., (jur.) declinatory plea, exception.
décliner, v.n., to decline; to be on the wane, to fall off; to refuse to entertain. Ses forces déclinent beaucoup; his strength is fast declining. Ce malade décline tous les jours; the patient is falling away every day.
décliner, v.a., (gram.) to decline; to state. — son nom; to state one’s name. — une juridiction; to decline, to except to, the jurisdiction of a court of law.
déclive, adj., declivous, sloping; (surg.) dependent.
déclivité, n.f., declivity, slope.
décloîtrer, v.a., to withdraw from a convent, to uncloister; to secularize.
se décloîtrer, v.r., to leave the cloister; to return to the world; to unfrock oneself.
déclore, v.a., to unclose, to throw open.