subsidence
n 1: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the
manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
[syn: {remission}, {remittal}, {subsidence}]
2: a gradual sinking to a lower level [syn: {settling},
{subsiding}, {subsidence}]
3: the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
[syn: {cave in}, {subsidence}]
Subsidence \Sub*sid"ence\, Subsidency \Sub*sid"en*cy\, n. [L.
subsidens, -entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See {Subside}.]
The act or process of subsiding.
[1913 Webster]
The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.
--Bp.
Warburton.
[1913 Webster]
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "subsidence": avalanche, cadence, catabasis, catenary, cessation, coast, collapse, crash, dead set, dead stand, dead stop, deadlock, deceleration, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo, decurrence, diminuendo, dive, downtrend, downturn, droop, drop, dwindling, dying down, ebb, ebbing, fall, full stop, glide, glissade, glissando, halt, landslide, landslip, lapse, lock, lowering, plunge, remission, retreat, sag, sideslip, sinkage, skid, slide, slip, slippage, slither, slowdown, slump, snowslide, snowslip, stand, standstill, stillstand, stop, submergence, swag, wane, waning