9
shrinkage(noun, cut, decline, decrease, care)
8
depreciation(noun, increase, decrease, money, depression)
8
abridgement(noun, decrease, care, restraint, want)
8
allowance(noun, credit, discount, withdrawal, removal)
7
abridgment(noun, check, decrease, curb, limit)
7
deflation(noun, decrease, depression, discount, recession)
7
degradation(noun, drop, decline, rise, decrease)
7
division(noun, split, separation, detachment, partition)
7
mitigation(noun, alleviation)
7
retrenchment(noun, decrease, care, restraint, want)
6
compaction(noun, decrease, contraction, shrinkage)
6
concession(noun, discount, deduction, markdown)
6
demotion(noun, rise, shame, disgrace, humiliation)
6
depression(noun, cut, decline, decrease, depression)
6
diminishing(noun, adjective, cut, decline, decrease)
6
dip(noun, drop, cut, decline, decrease)
6
markdown(noun, decline, increase, decrease, money)
6
reducing(noun, decrease, depression, abstract, summary)
6
relaxation(noun, decrease, lessening, alleviation)
6
relief
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