13
deterioration(noun, drop, decline, fall, return)
8
fading(verb, adjective, weakening, lessening, falling)
7
declension(noun, drop, decline, collapse, deterioration)
7
decline(noun, drop, fall, return, collapse)
7
deteriorating(verb, adjective, backward, weakening, lessening)
6
aggravation(noun, situation, deterioration, magnification, intensification)
6
declining(verb, adjective, backward, weakening, lessening)
6
degeneration(noun, drop, decline, fall, return)
6
failing(noun, verb, adjective, drop, fall)
6
relapse(noun, drop, decline, fall, return)
6
sinking(verb, lessening, deteriorating)
5
ebbing(noun, verb, drop, fall, failure)
5
exacerbation(noun, magnification, intensification, aggravation)
5
heightening(noun, magnification, intensification, aggravation)
5
sharpening(noun, magnification, aggravation)
5
slumping(verb, deteriorating)
5
waning(noun, verb, adjective, drop, decline)
4
decaying(noun, verb, adjective, drop, decline)
4
decline in quality(noun, expression, idiom)
4
impairment
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