251 entries under noun topic. ×
| receding(reduction, drawing, disappearance, lessening) | |
| compaction(decrease, shrinkage) | |
| truncation | |
| abatement(cut, decline, decrease, reduction) | |
| deduction(decrease, reduction, weakening) | |
| concentration(decrease, reduction) | |
| decline(cut, decrease, reduction, discount) | |
| lowering | |
| spasm(fit, pain, seizure, shudder) | |
| subtraction(cut, decline, decrease, discount) | |
| acronym(shortening, ellipsis) | |
| condensing(reduction, drawing, shrinking, lowering) | |
| confinement(control, check, curb, limit) | |
| contract | |
| elision(decrease, reduction, drawing, ebb) | |
| muscular contraction(expression, idiom) | |
| restriction(limit, pain, restraint, ache) | |
| retrenchment(decrease, reduction, weakening, shrinkage) | |
| stricture(control, check, curb, limit) | |
| withdrawal(reduction, drawing, shrinkage, tightening) |
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