subtraction &c 38; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking &c
(contraction.) 195; coarctation†; abridgment &c (shortening) 201;
extenuation.
subsidence, wane, ebb, decline; ebbing; descent &c 306; decrement,
reflux, depreciation; deterioration &c 659; anticlimax; mitigation &c
(moderation) 174.
V. decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge &c (shorten) 201; shrink &c
(contract) 195; drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear;
wane, ebb, decline; descend &c 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 &c (moderate) 174; dwarf,
throw into the shade; reduce &c 195; shorten &c 201; subtract &c 38.
Adj. unincreased† &c 35; decreased &c v.; decreasing &c v.; on the wane
&c n..
Phr. a gilded halo hovering round decay [Byron]; fine by degrees and
beautifully less [Prior].