~Decision~, _n._ ~1.~ Conclusion, judgment, determination, settlement.

~Deck~, _v. a._ Adorn, embellish, decorate, ornament, array, beautify.

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~Declaim~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Harangue, spout, speak (_rhetorically_).

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~Declamation~, _n._ ~1.~ Declaiming, haranguing, spouting.

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~Declamatory~, _a._ ~1.~ In the style of declamation.

~2.~ Rhetorical, grandiloquent, inflated, bombastic, swelling, pompous, turgid, pretentious, high-flowing, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN.

~Declaration~, _n._ Affirmation, assertion, asseveration, averment, protestation, avowal.

~Declarative~, _a._ Explanatory, DECLARATORY.

~Declaratory~, _a._ ~1.~ Expressive, affirmative, enunciative, enunciatory.

~Declare~, _v. a._ Affirm, assert, aver, asseverate, state, proclaim, publish, promulgate, communicate, announce, utter, make known.

~Declare~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make a declaration.

~Declension~, _n._ ~1.~ Decline, deterioration, degeneracy, decay, diminution, falling off.

~2.~ Decay, sink, droop, languish, pine, fail, become feeble.

~3.~ Deteriorate, degenerate, be impaired.

~4.~ Decrease, lessen, diminish, wane, fall away.

~Decline~, _n._ ~1.~ Decline, deterioration, degeneracy, decay, diminution, falling off.

~2.~ Consumption, phthisis, marasmus, atrophy, gradual wasting, progressive emaciation.

~Declivity~, _n._ Slope (_downwards_), descent.

~Decollation~, _n._ Beheading, decapitation.

~Decompose~, _v. a._ Decompound, analyze, resolve into its elements.

~Decomposition~, _n._ Analysis, resolution.

~Decompound~, _v. a._ Analyze, decompose.

~Decorate~, _v. a._ Adorn, deck, ornament, embellish, beautify.

~Decoration~, _n._ Ornament, embellishment.

~Decorous~, _a._ Decent, becoming, suitable, proper, befitting, seemly, comely, fit, decent.

~Decorum~, _n._ Decency, propriety, seemliness, appropriate behavior.

~Decoy~, _v. a._ Allure, lure, entice, inveigle, seduce, tempt, entrap, ensnare.

~Decrease~, _v. n._ Diminish (_gradually_), lessen, grow less.

~Decrease~, _v. a._ Diminish, lessen, make less.

~Decrease~, _n._ Diminution, lessening, decrement, reduction.

~Decree~, _v. n_. Ordain, appoint, determine.

~Decree~, _v. a._ Order, ordain, appoint, enjoin, command.

~Decree~, _n._ Edict, enactment, regulation, law, order, mandate, fiat, ordinance, statute.