| reduce(verb, stop, drop, decrease, slow) |
| comfort(upset, trouble, hurt, distress, depress) |
| compress(verb, stop, drop, open, free) |
| condense(verb, stop, drop, decrease, extend) |
| curtail(verb, stop, drop, raise, decrease) |
| diminution(noun, growth, reduction, lessening) |
| ebb(noun, verb, decline, rise, extend) |
| depreciate(verb, develop, raise, extend, devalue) |
| depress(verb, order, help, raise, devalue) |
| deterioration(noun, improvement) |
| diminishment(noun, drop, decrease) |
| downfall |
| dwindle(verb, waste, extend, taper) |
| lessening |
| lower(verb, adjective, stop, drop, reduce) |
| reprieve |
| shorten(verb, stop, drop, diminish, decrease) |
| subside(verb, rise, decrease, die) |
| subtract(verb, stop, drop, raise, decrease) |
| subtraction(noun, drop, decrease) |