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nonincrease, decrease

Roget category 36

1. Words expressing abstract relations
1.3. Quantity
›› 1.3.2. Comparative quantity

#36. Nonincrease, Decrease

noun

decrease, diminutionlessening etc. v. — subtraction etc. 38reduction, abatement, declensionshrinking etc. (contraction.) 195 coarctationabridgment etc. (shortening) 201extenuation.
subsidence, wane, ebb, declineebbingdescent etc. 306decrement, reflux, depreciationdeterioration etc. 659anticlimaxmitigation etc. (moderation) 174.

verb

decrease, diminish, lessenabridge etc. (shorten) 201shrink etc. (contract) 195drop off, fall off, tail offfall away, waste, wearwane, ebb, declinedescend etc. 306subsidemelt away, die awayretire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.
bate, abate, dequantitatediscountdepreciateextenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter awaymitigate etc. (moderate) 174dwarf, throw into the shadereduce etc. 195shorten etc. 201subtract etc. 38.

adjective

unincreased etc. 35decreased etc. v. — decreasing etc. v. — on the wane etc. n..

phrase

a gilded halo hovering round decay" [Byron]; fine by degrees and beautifully less" [Prior].

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