3
receding
3
sliding(verb, deteriorating)
3
wasting(noun, verb, adjective, decline, deterioration)
2
atrophying(verb, deteriorating)
2
contracting(adjective, contraction)
2
crumbling(decline, deterioration, stale, degeneration, fading)
2
decadence(noun, decline, deterioration, degeneration)
2
decrescent(adjective, weakening, lessening, declining, decreasing)
2
degenerating(verb, deteriorating)
2
degeneration(noun, drop, decline, fall, decrease)
2
descent(noun, drop, fall, failure, deterioration)
2
diminish
2
diminution(noun, drop, cut, decline, fall)
2
drooping(weakening, fading, wearying, flagging)
2
fall(noun, verb, drop, cut, decline)
2
falling off(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop)
2
languishing(weakening, fading, wearying, flagging)
2
lessen
2
mellow(adjective, age)
2
paling
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