decline
/dɪˈklɑɪn/ v [I] (GO DOWN)Definition
› to go down in amount or quality; lessen or weaken: His interest in the project declined after his wife died. Her health declined quickly.
(Definition of decline v (GO DOWN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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