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retreating(adjective, weakening, lessening, recessive)
11
shrinking(decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
10
dwindling(adjective, decrease, depression, reduction)
9
diminishing(adjective, decrease, depression, reduction)
7
backsliding(adjective, recessive, relapsing)
7
decreasing(adjective, decrease, depression, reduction)
7
subsiding
5
regressing
5
ebbing(noun, adjective, escape, going)
3
fleeing(adjective, recessive)
3
lessening(decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
3
lowering(adjective, depression, reduction, devaluation)
2
recede
2
relapsing(adjective, relapsing)
2
shortening(lessening, decreasing)
2
abating
2
abbreviating(decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
2
abridging(decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
2
compacting
2
compressing
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