diminishment

For an instant there was no diminishment of the pace; then the horses head came down, and Jacks feet again touched earth.

Its population suffered some diminishment in the next two years in spite of its position on the main highway of trade.

Although the light was decreasing, I could perceive no diminishment in the apparent speed of the sun.

Not that this diminishment of her handwriting in any sense lessened the effect upon me of the sentiments it conveyed.