14
retreating(verb, adjective, weakening, lessening, recessive)
11
shrinking(verb, decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
10
dwindling(verb, adjective, decrease, depression, reduction)
9
diminishing(verb, adjective, decrease, depression, reduction)
8
retiring
8
contraction(noun, reduction, drawing, disappearance, lessening)
7
backsliding(verb, adjective, recessive, relapsing)
7
decrease(depression, reduction, recession, devaluation, lessening)
7
decreasing(verb, adjective, decrease, depression, reduction)
7
subsiding(verb, decreasing)
6
declining(adjective, retreating)
5
recession(noun, decrease, depression, escape, loss)
5
regressing(verb, relapsing)
5
ebbing(noun, verb, adjective, escape, going)
4
regressive(adjective, regression, recessive)
3
fadeout
3
fleeing(verb, adjective, recessive)
3
lessening(verb, decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
3
lowering(verb, adjective, depression, reduction, devaluation)
2
disappearance(noun, going, loss, passing, fading)
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