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subsidence
noun
1 subsidence
An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease).
synonyms: remission, remittal.
Roget 36:
decrease,
diminution;
lessening
etc.
v.;
subtraction
etc.
38;
reduction,
abatement,
declension;
shrinking
etc.
(contraction.)
195;
coarctation†;
abridgment
etc.
(shortening)
201;
extenuation.
subsidence,
wane,
ebb,
decline;
ebbing;
descent
etc.
306;
decrement,
reflux,
depreciation;
deterioration
etc.
659;
anticlimax;
mitigation
etc.
(moderation)
174.
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Roget 306:
descent,
descension†,
declension,
declination;
fall;
falling
etc.
v.;
slump;
drop,
plunge,
plummet,
cadence;
subsidence,
collapse,
lapse;
downfall,
tumble,
slip,
tilt,
trip,
lurch;
cropper,
culbute†;
titubation†,
stumble;
fate of Icarus.
avalanche,
debacle,
landslip,
landslide.
declivity,
dip,
hill.
[equipment for descending by rappeling]
rappel.
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Polish: remisja
2 subsidence
A gradual sinking to a lower level.
synonyms: settling, subsiding.
Dutch: verzakking, grondverzakking
3 subsidence
The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it.
synonym: cave in.
Dutch: verzakking
Moby thesaurus: avalanche, cadence, catabasis, catenary, cessation, coast, collapse, crash, dead set, dead stand, dead stop, deadlock, deceleration, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo, decurrence, diminuendo, dive, downtrend, downturn, droop, drop, dwindling, dying down, ebb, ebbing, fall, full stop, glide, glissade, glissando, halt, landslide, landslip, lapse, lock, lowering, plunge, remission, retreat, sag, sideslip, sinkage, skid, slide, slip, slippage, slither, slowdown, slump, snowslide, snowslip, stand, standstill, stillstand, stop, submergence, swag, wane, waning ... show more.
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