What is the meaning of declension?

The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages.
Process of changing to an inferior state.
- synonyms: deterioration, decline in quality, worsening
A downward slope or bend.
- synonyms: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, downslope
A class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms.
- usage: "the first declension in Latin"

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