| sag(noun, verb, drop, decline, release) |
| settle(verb, calm, drop, quiet, cut) |
| sinking(noun, drop, depression, retreat, wane) |
| slack off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| slackening(noun, drop, retreat, wane, let-up) |
| step-down |
| step down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, check) |
| thin out(verb, expression, decline, reduce, fail) |
| tone down(verb, expression, control, cut, check) |
| trail(verb, drop, decline, settle, fail) |
| waste away(verb, expression, end, decline, reduce) |
| weed(verb, diminish, subtract) |
| wind down(verb, expression, cut, decline, reduce) |
| ablate |
| ablation |
| abridgement(noun, care, restraint, want, need) |
| atrophy(noun, verb, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| bob(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, contract) |
| boil down(verb, expression, close, cut, reduce) |
| bring down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, diminish) |