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subtraction(noun, cut, decline, decrease, credit)
7
wane(noun, drop, fall, decrease, retreat)
6
cut(noun, verb, drop, act, decline)
6
loss(noun, drop, cut, decline, fall)
6
remission(noun, decrease, pause, reduction, premium)
6
retrenchment(noun, decrease, reduction, lessening, shrinkage)
6
shrinkage(noun, drop, cut, decline, decrease)
6
sinking(noun, verb, drop, decrease, depression)
5
abridgment(noun, decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
5
degradation(noun, drop, cut, decline, decrease)
5
depletion(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening, feeding)
5
depression(noun, drop, cut, decline, fall)
5
diminishment(noun, act, decline, increase, decrease)
5
extenuation(noun, decrease, reduction, lessening, vindication)
5
shrinking(noun, decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
4
cutback(noun, act, cut, decline, increase)
4
debasement(noun, cut, decline, decrease, depression)
4
deflation(noun, decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
4
degeneration(noun, drop, fall, decrease, failure)
4
dip(noun, drop, cut, decline, fall)
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