| retrocede(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce) |
| retrograde(verb, stop, drop, close, end) |
| revert(verb, drop, fall, fail, diminish) |
| settle(verb, calm, drop, quiet, cut) |
| shrinkage(noun, drop, decrease, retreat) |
| slack off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| spin(verb, drop, decline, settle, ease) |
| weakening(noun, drop, fall, decrease, retreat) |
| wear away(verb, expression, stop, drop, end) |
| wizen(verb, decline, fail, dry, faint) |
| abridge(decrease, nonincrease) |
| allay(verb, stop, calm, control, dull) |
| be done for(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| be gone(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| be impaired(verb, decline, weaken, lessen, degenerate) |
| be lost(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| be merciful(verb, moderate, yield, surrender, quit) |
| be swallowed up(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| become contaminated(expression, decline, weaken, lessen, degenerate) |
| become smaller(verb, expression, idiom, drop, decline) |