| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act or process of decreasing: curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. See INCREASE. 2. An amount deducted: deduction, discount, rebate, reduction. See INCREASE. 3. The act or process of becoming less active or intense: ebb, letup, remission, slackening, subsidence, wane. See INCREASE.
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