4
reflux(noun, drop, decrease, retreat, ebb)
4
relapse(noun, verb, drop, decline, settle)
4
shorten(verb, reduce, diminish, decrease, contract)
4
slackening(noun, drop, act, increase, decrease)
4
slide(noun, verb, drop, decline, fall)
4
tail off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut)
4
vanish(verb, stop, drop, close, go)
4
wear(verb, blow, decrease, consume, exhaust)
4
wind down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, close, decline)
4
withdraw(verb, go, leave, abandon, decrease)
4
worsen(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
3
back(drop, close, reduce, withdraw, diminish)
3
calm down(expression, drop, quiet, cut, decline)
3
corrode(verb, decline, blow, weaken, lessen)
3
de-escalate(verb, ease, diminish, decrease, lessen)
3
debasement
3
decadence
3
decadency
3
decline in power(expression, idiom)
3
degradation
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