| falling-off(noun, drop, fall, deterioration, falloff) |
| let up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, pause, lull) |
| lower |
| lulling(soothing, moderation, pacification, conciliation, accession) |
| moderation(noun, decrease, grant, reduction, soothing) |
| mollification(soothing, moderation, pacification, conciliation, accession) |
| pacification(soothing, conciliation, accession, appeasement, mollification) |
| palliation(improvement, mitigation) |
| pause(noun, break, respite, lull) |
| plunging(verb, adjective, declining, falling, wornout) |
| pruning(verb, diminishing, subtracting) |
| recession(noun, drop, cut, fall, decrease) |
| remedy |
| retrenching |
| sag(noun, drop, fall, deterioration, falloff) |
| salving |
| shaving(verb, diminishing, subtracting) |
| shearing(verb, diminishing, subtracting) |
| slumping(verb, adjective, declining, falling, decreasing) |
| subtracting(verb, subtracting) |