Meaning of अवनति in English

A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.
The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.
Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.
Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases.
The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.
Rehearsing a word as declined.
The European bunting.
The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.
The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.
To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
To cause to flow back.
Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.