| decline(noun, increase, rise, stasis) | |
| nondevelopment | |
| degradation | |
| degeneracy(noun, honor, deterioration, decay) | |
| throwback | |
| deterioration(noun, increase, improvement, decay, degeneration) | |
| downfall | |
| decay(noun, collapse, growth, down) | |
| cause(noun, decline, agent, result, originator) | |
| descent | |
| decadence(rise, decency) | |
| declension | |
| declination | |
| decrease(noun, decline, increase, lessening, diminishing) | |
| devolution | |
| ebb(noun, flow) | |
| fall(verb, win, accomplishment) | |
| regression | |
| retrogression(noun, decline, stasis) | |
| degeneration |
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