Word Meanings - DECLINATURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office.

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• DECLINATION
  The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. (more info) 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. 2. The act or state of falling off or declining
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• DECLINATOR
  1. An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane. 2. A dissentient. Bp. Hacket.
• REFUSABLE
  Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal.
• DECLINE
  décliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect , avoid; de- + clinare to incline; akin to E. lean. 1. To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness,
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• DECLINOMETER
  An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle.
• DECLINAL
  Declining; sloping.
• DECLINOUS
  Declinate.
• DECLINER
  He who declines or rejects. A studious decliner of honors. Evelyn.
• REFUSE
  To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops aras, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks. 3. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of;
• OFFICER
  Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
• DECLINATE
  Bent downward or aside; bending downward in a curve; declined.
• DECLINABLE
  Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech.
• DECLINATURE
  The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office.
• REFUSION
  1. New or repeated melting, as of metals. 2. Restoration. "This doctrine of the refusion of the soul." Bp. Warbuton.
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• REFUSAL
  1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance. Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my refusal, to distress me more Milton. 2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking
• DECLINED
  Declinate.
• REFUSER
  One who refuses or rejects.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• SUBOFFICER
  An under or subordinate officer.
• UNDEROFFICER
  A subordinate officer.