| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | The act or process of becoming less active or intense: abatement, letup, remission, slackening, subsidence, wane. See INCREASE. | | VERB: | 1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less: abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away or (off), taper (off). See INCREASE. 2. To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark: recede, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. See APPROACH. 3. To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See INCREASE.
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