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