| withdrawn(adjective, calm, quiet, reasonable, mild) |
| afraid(adjective, weak, soft, base, anxious) |
| attenuation(noun, decrease, reduction, contraction) |
| backward(adjective, weak, soft, base, modest) |
| declining(verb, adjective, shy, lessening, lowering) |
| demur(dislike, disagreement, doubt, opposition, protest) |
| diminution(noun, decrease, depression, reduction, recession) |
| hesitation(noun, dislike, doubt, opposition, protest) |
| reserved(adjective, calm, quiet, modest, humble) |
| scruple(dislike, doubt, opposition, protest, objection) |
| shortening(verb, decrease, diminishing, decreasing, nonincrease) |
| reduction(noun, decrease, depression, want, need) |
| abbreviating(verb, decrease, depression, reduction, recession) |
| abridging(verb, decrease, depression, reduction, recession) |
| apprehensive(adjective, weak, soft, base, anxious) |
| capricious(adjective, nervous, shy, fearful, irresolute) |
| compressing(verb, diminishing, decreasing, contracting) |
| condensing(verb, decrease, depression, reduction, recession) |
| constriction(noun, decrease, limit, depression, restraint) |
| contracting(verb, diminishing, decreasing, contracting) |