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Noun subsidence has 3 senses

• subsidence(n = noun.event) remission, remittal - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
is a kind of abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension
has particulars: resolution
Derived form verb subside₁

• subsidence(n = noun.event) settling, subsiding - a gradual sinking to a lower level; Array
is a kind of sinking
Derived form verb subside₂

• subsidence(n = noun.event) cave in - the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it; Array
is a kind of collapse
Derived form verb subside₂

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THESAURUS

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

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subsidence

Decrease

N nonincrease, decrease, decrease, diminution, lessening, subtraction, reduction, abatement, declension, shrinking (contraction, ), coarctation, abridgment, extenuation, subsidence, wane, ebb, decline, ebbing, descent, decrement, reflux, depreciation, deterioration, anticlimax, mitigation, unincreased, decreased, decreasing, on the wane, a gilded halo hovering round decay, fine by degrees and beautifully less.

Descent

N descent, descension, declension, declination, fall, falling, slump, drop, plunge, plummet, cadence, subsidence, collapse, lapse, downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch, cropper, culbute, titubation, stumble, fate of Icarus, avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide, declivity, dip, hill, rappel, descending, descendent, decurrent, decursive, labent, deciduous, nodding to its fall, downhill, downwards, the bottom fell out.

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