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abatement abate abnegate abstain age ageing angles angle anticlimax atrophy came down cheapen come down comedown comes down contract contract crack up cutback decadence decay decay declination declination declension decrease decrease decrement degeneration degenerate degeneracy degradation degenerating descent descent descend descended deteriorate deterioration devaluation devolve dies died die diminution diminishes diminish dip disclaim disintegrate disobey dismiss dismisses dissent dissolve distorting distort downgrade downturn drain drop off drop off droop drops off droops dropped off dropping off drooped drop drop dwindle eclipse entropy evening evade fail failure fade failures fails fall fall fall off forbear forbore free fall glissade glide gloaming go down go goes down goes insolvency languish languished languishes lapse lapse lean leaned leant lessen lessening loathe lose loses miscarry moderate nonfeasance nosedive pass peter plummeted plummet putrefaction putridness putrescence rebuffing rebuff recedes recede recidivation receded recession recidivism refuse reject rejects renounce repel repudiate revert retrogression retrocede rot rust sagged sag sank sank senility settle shuns shun sink sink slackening slant slip slip slowdown spoilage spurn stagnated stagnate stagnating submerse subsides subside subsidence toboggan turn down turns down twilight unsuccess unsuccessfulness vesper veto waned wane wanes waste weaken wear went down went wore worsen worsens worsened