3
doting(adjective, age)
3
downfalling
3
downhill(adjective, inferior, down, depressed, falling)
3
effete(adjective, exhausted, age, spoiled)
3
flagging(adjective, weakening, lessening, fading, deteriorating)
3
inclining
3
lapsing(verb, deteriorating)
3
negation(noun, disapproval, rejection)
3
rebuff(noun, disapproval, rejection)
3
rejecting(verb, refusing)
3
retrogressive
3
senescent(noun, adjective, stale, fading, striction)
3
sick(adjective, mean, weak, healthy, ill)
3
soft
2
abating(verb, adjective, weakening, lessening, shrinking)
2
abnegation
2
atrophying(verb, deteriorating)
2
avoiding(verb, avoiding)
2
bypassing(verb, avoiding)
2
crumbling(noun, stale, fading, deteriorating, dropping)
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