declinatory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
noun
  1. A declination or refusal.
  2. Synonym of declinator (“instrument for measuring declination”).

Pronunciation

/dɪˈklɪnətɹi/

Word forms

declinatory declinatories

Etymology

From Latin declinatorius, from declinare: compare French déclinatoire.

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