wane

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. i. decrease, lessen, ebb, fade, diminish, peter out, dwindle; abate, subside; decline, sink, fail, slacken. —n. failure, ebb, decline, decay, decrease.

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(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. decrease, decline, subside, abate, ebb, fade, fade away; see also decrease 1 , fade 1 .

Syn.- wane implies a fading or weakening of that which has reached a peak of force, excellence, etc. [ his fame waned rapidly ] ; abate suggests a progressive lessening in degree, intensity, etc. [ the fever is abating] ; ebb , applied specifically to a fluctuating force, refers to one of the periods of recession or decline [ their ebbing fortunes ] ; subside suggests a quieting or slackening of violent activity or turbulence [ her temper had subsided]

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

ebb, decline, fading, decrease, drop, recession, falling-off.

ANT.: increase, growth

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v.

ebb, recede, decline, fade, decrease, drop, shrink, diminish, dwindle, abate, subside, lessen, fall, lapse, die out.

ANT.: increase, wax, grow

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside. See INCREASE. 2. To lose strength or power: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag2, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken. Informal: fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See INCREASE, STRONG. II noun The act or process of becoming less active or intense: abatement, ebb, letup, remission, slackening, subsidence. See INCREASE.