| melt(verb, diminish, weaken, lessen, retreat) |
| plunge(noun, verb, drop, decline, settle) |
| prune(verb, cut, check, reduce, restrain) |
| retrenchment(noun, care, restraint, want, need) |
| shortening(noun, abstract, summary, restriction, nonincrease) |
| slide(noun, verb, drop, cut, decline) |
| tail off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, quiet) |
| temper(verb, calm, control, quiet, check) |
| abridgment(noun, check, curb, limit, depression) |
| abstract(noun, verb, close, cut, reduce) |
| alleviation(noun, reduction, weakening, lessening) |
| assuage(verb, calm, control, quiet, reduce) |
| attenuate(verb, decline, reduce, ease, moderate) |
| attenuation(noun, depression, reduction, weakening, contraction) |
| belittle(verb, reduce, withdraw, diminish, lower) |
| condensation(noun, cut, depression, reduction, abstract) |
| constriction(noun, cut, depression, reduction, recession) |
| consumption(noun, decline, ruin, use, collapse) |
| dampen(verb, quiet, suppress, subdue, wane) |
| de-escalate(verb, cut, check, decline, reduce) |