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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">decline</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>flourishing</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>functional concepts</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>declining</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The process or state of sinking to a weaker or inferior condition, a gradual loss of power, decay, diminution, or deterioration of a state, person, corporate body, etc.  ]]></note></mads>