6
receding(noun, reduction, drawing, disappearance, lessening)
5
compaction(noun, decrease, shrinkage)
5
truncation(noun, decrease)
5
abatement(noun, cut, decline, decrease, reduction)
5
abstract(reduction, brief, concentration, summary, grammar)
5
attenuation(decrease, reduction)
5
deduction(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening)
4
compendium(reduction, abstract, brief, concentration, summary)
4
concentration(noun, decrease, reduction)
4
decline(noun, cut, decrease, reduction, discount)
4
lowering
4
spasm(noun, fit, pain, seizure, shudder)
4
subtraction(noun, cut, decline, decrease, discount)
3
acronym(noun, shortening, ellipsis)
3
coarctation(decrease, nonincrease, narrowness thinness)
3
colloquialism
3
condensing(noun, reduction, drawing, shrinking, lowering)
3
confinement(noun, control, check, curb, limit)
3
constipation(pain, ache, closure, spasm)
3
constricting
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