dēclīnātiō ōnis, f
declino,
a bending aside, turning away, averting
: tuas petitiones parvā declinatione effugi: atomi:
corporis, Cu.—Fig.,
a turning away, avoiding, avoidance
: a malis naturā declinamus; quae
declinatio, etc.: laboris. — In rhet.,
a slight deviation
(from the direct argument): a proposito: ad amplificandum.—
A rejection, qualification
(of a word or phrase).