Declivity and Lean

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Declivity noun - A downward slope.

Usage example: the cabin is precariously perched on a declivity of the mountain's northern face

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Lean is an antonym for declivity.

Nearby Word: declivous

Lean noun - The degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon.

Usage example: the wall has enough of a lean that we can't set a bookcase against it

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Declivity is an antonym for lean.

Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant

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Lean and Declivity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/declivity/lean

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