| delay(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| densen(verb, close, restrict, crowd, concentrate) |
| deoxidize |
| depart(verb, drop, close, go, decline) |
| devaluate(verb, drop, quiet, cut, decline) |
| dilute(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease) |
| disengage(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave) |
| dive |
| downsize(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| draw in(verb, expression, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| drift away(verb, phrasal verb, recession) |
| elude(verb, go, start, withdraw, leave) |
| epitomize(verb, close, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| equivocate(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| escape(verb, go, start, withdraw, leave) |
| evaporate(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| exhaust(verb, decline, diminish, decrease, use) |
| fade away(verb, expression, drop, decline, reduce) |
| fawn(verb, hide, recoil, tremble, cringe) |
| foreshorten |