diminishing

condoning justifying lessening mitigating moderating palliating qualifying reducing sanitizing softening varnishing whitewashing

collapsing decreasing descending lowering plunging sliding tumbling weakening

abating crumbling declining ebbing settling sinking slipping subsiding toppling tottering

improving increasing rising

abating declining depreciating dropping dwindling ebbing lightening lowering moderating narrowing plummeting plunging quieting sagging shrinking sinking slackening slowing slumping softening subsiding waning wasting weakening

dying down fading away losing momentum shriveling up wearing down wearing off

decrease deflation recession reduction shrinkage

abbreviation abridgment compression condensation condensing confinement constriction curtailment diminution dwindling elision evaporation lessening narrowing omission receding reducing shrinking tightening withdrawal

abbreviating abridging confining curtailing cutting down decreasing deflating drawing together evaporating lopping omitting shrivelling tensing withdrawing

enlargement increase

expansion opening

amplification dilation extension lengthening spread stretch

abbreviating compressing condensing contracting contraction decreasing dieting discounting downsizing lessening reduction shortening shrinking

cutting down marking down paring down

enlargement increase