Declining and Inverse

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Declining adjective - Bending downward or forward.

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Inverse and declining are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inverse" instead an adjective "Declining".

Inverse adjective - Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect.

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Declining and inverse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Declining" instead an adjective "Inverse".

Nearby Words: invert, inversion, inversely

Contrast Declining Promotion, when someone is offered this and turns it down, and Gentlemen Rankers, who are the inverse: enlisted troops with an officer's background.

Source: Up Through the Ranks

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