3
shrinkage(noun, drop, cut, decline, decrease)
3
shrinking(noun, decrease, reduction, nonincrease)
3
taper(noun, act, increase, process)
2
penalty(noun, penalty)
2
abate
2
abeyance(noun, decrease, responsibility, reduction, pardon)
2
abridgment(decrease, nonincrease)
2
agio
2
allayment(noun, support, break, help, fix)
2
annulment(noun, termination, withdrawal, cancellation)
2
attenuation(decrease, reduction)
2
attrition(noun, cut, decline, decrease, discount)
2
blunting(soothing, moderation, pacification, conciliation, accession)
2
calming(soothing, pacification, placation)
2
declension(decrease, nonincrease)
2
decrescence(noun, cut, decline, reduction, lessening)
2
degeneration(noun, drop, fall, decrease, failure)
2
depletion
2
descent(noun, drop, fall, decrease, failure)
2
deterioration(noun, drop, fall, decrease, retreat)
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