[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a bending, sloping, or moving downward.", "deterioration; decline .", "a swerving or deviating, as from a standard.", "a polite refusal.", "Astronomy.the angular distance of a heavenly body from the celestial equator, measured on the great circle passing through the celestial pole and the body.", "variation ( def 8 ) variation ( def 8 ).", "the formal refusal by a nominee of a nomination to public office."]}]