| backpedal(verb, move, back, retreat, forward) |
| backwards |
| balk |
| conservative(adjective, traditional, retrospective) |
| countermarch(noun, regression) |
| crumble(verb, stop, end, decline, pass) |
| decadent(mean, low, immoral, debased, deteriorated) |
| decay(verb, stop, drop, end, decline) |
| die(verb, stop, decline, fall, fail) |
| diminish(verb, stop, drop, close, end) |
| disintegrate(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail) |
| dwindle(verb, stop, drop, close, end) |
| effete(immoral, debased, decadent) |
| fade(verb, stop, drop, close, end) |
| fail(verb, stop, drop, end, decline) |
| fall astern(expression, idiom, regression) |
| give ground(verb, expression, go, decline, withdraw) |
| go away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close) |
| go backwards(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| go down(verb, phrasal verb, move, act, movement) |