6
reversal(cut, back, return, slow, reduction)
6
reversion(back, return, slow, deterioration, backward)
6
worsening(noun, drop, fall, return, collapse)
5
balk(verb, reject, disregard, oppose, ignore)
5
checkmate(noun, ruin, defeat, back, slow)
5
close(noun, verb, drop, reduce, fall)
5
come back(verb, expression, back, return, slow)
5
death(noun, drop, decrease, reduction, tumble)
5
debase(verb, fail, lower, weaken, disparage)
5
desist(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, restrain)
5
die down(verb, expression, drop, control, cut)
5
die out(verb, expression, drop, reduce, fall)
5
discard(verb, clear, remove, reject, release)
5
disown(verb, cut, separate, reject, cool)
5
dissent(verb, reject, oppose, dismiss, withdraw)
5
dissolution(noun, drop, fall, evil, decrease)
5
downslope
5
downtrend(noun, drop, cut, increase, fall)
5
ease(verb, drop, cut, reduce, settle)
5
ebbing(noun, drop, fall, decrease, deterioration)
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