Definition for Declination:

• Astron. The angular distance of a heavenly body from the celestial equator.

Synonyms for Declination:

• n.

  •
  • better,
  • decadence.
  •avoidance (noun)
  • disdain,
  • circumvention,
  • escape,
  • retreat,
  • shirking,
  • avoidance,
  • elusion,
  • abstinence,
  • flight,
  • evasion.
  •celestial latitude (noun)
  • celestial latitude.
  •declension (noun)
  • decadency.
  •declination (noun)
  • downslope,
  • declension,
  • fall,
  • regrets.
  •degeneracy (noun)
  • devolution,
  • depravations,
  • Depravation.
  •degeneration (noun)
  • de generations,
  • de generation,
  • de-generation,
  • de-generations.
  •denial (noun)
  • Refutal,
  • prohibitions,
  • renouncement,
  • renouncements,
  • disproof,
  • statement abnegation,
  • disproofs,
  • brush-off,
  • Refusing,
  • retraction,
  • nonacceptance,
  • adjurations,
  • Controversion,
  • no way,
  • non-acceptance,
  • renegement,
  • refutation,
  • brushoff,
  • disavowals,
  • no ways,
  • non-committal,
  • adjuration,
  • disavowal.
  •departure (noun)
  • variation,
  • novelty,
  • wanderings,
  • in thing,
  • turnings,
  • novelties,
  • deflections,
  • deflection,
  • new wrinkle,
  • ramblings.
  •depth (noun)
  • soundings,
  • lowness,
  • fathomage,
  • lower register.
  •descent (noun)
  • prolapse,
  • sinkings,
  • Prolapses,
  • cave in,
  • plungings,
  • fallings,
  • tailspin,
  • cave-ins,
  • drop-off,
  • sinkage,
  • cave-in,
  • header.
  •deterioration (noun)
  • rotting,
  • vitiation,
  • decay,
  • lessening,
  • worsening,
  • degringolade,
  • retrogression,
  • Decaying.
  •diminishment (noun)
  • diminuendoes.
  •refusal (noun)
  • dismissal,
  • declining,
  • repudiation,
  • rejection,
  • disagreement,
  • turndown,
  • repulsion,
  • refusal,
  • disinclination.
  •retrogression (noun)
  • de cays,
  • de cay,
  • de-cay,
  • de-cays.
  •slope (noun)
  • obliquenesses,
  • steepnesses,
  • rising grounds.
  •state (noun)
  • declination.
  •traversal (noun)
  • traversal.
  •veto (noun)
  • inter dict,
  • inter-dict.

• Other synonyms:

  •DEC
  • dec.
  •
  • atrophy,
  • movement,
  • degeneration.
  •
  • failure.

Paraphrases for Declination:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    decline.

Antonyms for Declination:

• n.

  • deterioration
    development, morality, improvement.
  • Other antonyms:
    blossoming, signature, seal, heightening, agreement, enhancement, acceptance, authorization, augmentation, imprimatur, allowance, stamp, upswing, consent, assent, sanction, restoration, acquiescence, concurrence, supplement, approval, gain, flourishing, grant, addendum, increase, license, accretion, addition, permission, increment, advancement, accession, sufferance, accrual, boost, clearance, flowering, renewal, revitalization, leave.

Declination Sentence Examples:

• I guess there'd be a lot of difference in the declination of the sun.

• To Adair he made the declination courteous while they were trundling back to the Waldorf in the big touring car.

Homophones for Declination:

• declamation, DeWitt Clinton, desalination.

Hypernym for Declination:

• n.

  • state
    neglect, disuse, twilight, wreck.

Hyponym for Declination:

• n.

  • state
    condition, status.