Answer: declinations

AnswerCrossword Clue
declinationsFormal refusal
declinationsThe angular deviation of a compass needle from true north (because the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole do not coincide)
declinationsDECLINATION, the angular distance north or south from the celestial equator measured along a great circle passing through the celestial poles
declinationsThe angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator