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backsliding(noun, drop, fall, back, return)
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waste(verb, break, drop, cut, strong)
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waste away(verb, expression, break, separate, fall)
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wilt(verb, stop, break, drop, end)
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abstain(verb, stop, hold, keep, reject)
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backslide(verb, drop, reduce, settle, fall)
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crash(noun, verb, stop, drop, settle)
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degradation(noun, drop, cut, fall, evil)
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disallow(verb, cut, reject, disregard, oppose)
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forgo(verb, stop, reject, restrain, withdraw)
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grade(noun, verb, drop, fall, twist)
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loss(noun, drop, cut, ruin, defeat)
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reduction(noun, drop, cut, decrease, slip)
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retrocession(noun, back, decrease, slow, backward)
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retrograde(verb, stop, drop, close, end)
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revert(verb, reduce, fall, fail, return)
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shrivel(verb, drop, cut, reduce, fall)
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shun(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, restrain)
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slacken(verb, stop, drop, control, dull)
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subsidence(noun, cut, decrease, reduction, lessening)
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