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interpret, make out, Colloq figure out: I can't decipher
Theresa's handwriting or what she's trying to say.
decision n. 1 settlement, determination, resolution, settling,
resolving, arbitration: The decision is the umpire's
responsibility. 2 judgement, conclusion, resolution, verdict,
sentence, ruling, finding, decree, settlement, outcome:
According to the decision, the victims will receive compensatory
damages. 3 determination, firmness, decidedness, resolve,
decisiveness, conclusiveness, steadfastness, purpose,
purposefulness: She asserted her position with decision.
declaration
n. 1 statement, assertion, attestation, deposition,
asseveration, affirmation, avowal, announcement, proclamation,
pronouncement, profession: Henrietta desperately wanted to
believe Henry's declaration of love. 2 proclamation,
announcement, pronouncement, promulgation, pronunciamento,
edict, ukase, manifesto, notice: The colonists issued a
declaration of independence.
declare v. 1 assert, say, offer, submit, affirm, state, aver,
asseverate, avow, avouch, profess, protest, swear, claim,
proclaim; confirm, certify, ratify: I solemnly declare that the
testimony I am to give is true, so help me God. 2 announce, make
known, pronounce, decree, rule, proclaim, herald, promulgate,
publish, broadcast, trumpet (forth): Robert has declared his
intention to make Marianne his wife.
decline v. 1 refuse, turn down, deny, reject, demur, forgo, veto,
avoid, abstain from: She declined help with the packages. Roger
was offered a professorship at the university but he declined. 2
diminish, lessen, decrease, wane, flag, go down, fall or taper
off, subside, ebb, abate, dwindle, shrink, fade, Colloq peter
out, run out of steam, US run out of gas: Demand for hula hoops
declined. 3 slope or slant (downwards), descend, drop or fall
off, dip, sink: The meadow declines towards the river. 4
deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, fail: My health has declined
over the last year. 5 go or drop down, settle, dip, sink, set:
The sun was declining as I went home.
--n. 6 diminution, decrease, lessening, ebb, downturn,
fall-off, reduction, abatement, slump, descent: There has been