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cut(noun, verb, drop, decline, decrease)
5
ebbing(noun, verb, adjective, drop, fall)
5
lessen
5
mitigating(verb, adjective, alleviating)
5
mitigation(noun, decrease, improvement, reduction, soothing)
5
moderating(verb, adjective, declining, falling, decreasing)
5
relaxation(noun, break, decrease, reduction, respite)
5
remission(noun, break, decrease, pause, reduction)
5
sagging(noun, verb, adjective, declining, falling)
5
softening(noun, verb, adjective, grant, soothing)
5
subsiding(verb, adjective, declining, falling, decreasing)
4
abridgment(noun, decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
4
attenuation(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening, contraction)
4
attrition(noun, decrease, discount)
4
decaying(noun, verb, adjective, drop, decline)
4
deducting(verb, decreasing, subtracting)
4
deflating(verb, decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
4
depreciating(verb, adjective, declining, falling, decreasing)
4
depreciation(noun, drop, decline, decrease, scorn)
4
depression(noun, drop, cut, decline, fall)
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