nonincrease, decrease

Roget category 36

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

#36. Nonincrease, Decrease

noun

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.

verb

decrease, diminish, lessen — abridge etc. (shorten) 201 — shrink etc. (contract) 195 — drop off, fall off, tail off — fall away, waste, wear — wane, ebb, decline — descend etc. 306 — subside — melt away, die away — retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.
bate, abate, dequantitate^† — discount — depreciate — extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away — mitigate etc. (moderate) 174 — dwarf, throw into the shade — reduce etc. 195 — shorten etc. 201 — subtract etc. 38.

adjective

unincreased^† etc. 35 — decreased 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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