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Declination
- noun - (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
- a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
- a downward slope or bend
- a polite refusal of an invitation
Decollation
- - The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.
Decussation
- noun - an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X
Defalcation
- noun - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
- the sum of money that is misappropriated
Defiliation
- - Abstraction of a child from its parents.
Defloration
- noun - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something
- the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)
Defoliation
- noun - causing the leaves of trees and other plants to fall off (as by the use of chemicals)
- the loss of foliage