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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