Synonyms: refuse, reject, withhold, spurn, disallow, nix
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) decline | (I) declined |
| (thou) declinest | (thou) declinedst |
| (he) declines, declineth | (he) declined |
| (we) decline | (we) declined |
| (you) decline | (you) declined |
| (they) decline | (they) declined |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) decline | (I) declined |
| (thou) decline | (thou) declined |
| (he) decline | (he) declined |
| (we) decline | (we) declined |
| (you) decline | (you) declined |
| (they) decline | (they) declined |
| Imperative mood | |
| decline | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| declineing | declined |
| Afrikaans | weier |
|---|---|
| Catalan | refusar |
| Danish | nægte; vægre sig |
| Dutch | afwijzen; weigeren; afslaan |
| Esperanto | rifuzi; malakcepti |
| Faeroese | havna; sýta |
| French | refuser; rejeter; repousser |
| German | ablehnen; ausschlagen |
| Icelandic | neita |
| Italian | rifiutarsi |
| Latin | negare |
| Malay | menolak |
| Norwegian | nekte |
| Papiamento | nenga |
| Portuguese | indeferir; negar‐se a; recusar |
| Saterland Frisian | ferseeke; fersichtje; ouliene; ouslo; uutslo; Wäigerenge; wäigerje |
| Spanish | rehusar |
| Sranan | mombi; weygri |
| Swedish | neka; vägra |
| Thai | ปฎิเสธ |
| West Frisian | ôfkitse; ôfwize |