| fluctuate(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| fluff(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| fold(verb, decline, fail, diminish, weaken) |
| fumble(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| grow less(verb, expression, decline, reduce, diminish) |
| halt(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| hem and haw(expression, idiom, pause, hesitate, waver) |
| hesitate(pause, waver) |
| hush(verb, decline, fail, diminish, weaken) |
| impair(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| lapse |
| lurch(pause, hesitate, waver) |
| melt(verb, decline, fail, diminish, weaken) |
| minify(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| minimize(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| mitigate(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| moderate(verb, decline, reduce, fail, ease) |
| narrow(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| pause(verb, ease, lessen, hesitate, slacken) |
| perish(verb, decline, fail, diminish, weaken) |