# declension

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈklɛn.ʃən/ · frequency rank #65,821

## Definitions
1. A falling off, decay or descent.
2. The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
3. The product of that act; a list of declined forms.
4. A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

## Etymology
From late Middle English declinson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaison), from Latin dēclīnātiō. Doublet of declination.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/declension