Synonyms of the word

subsidence

• n. The process of becoming less active or severe.
• n. (geology) A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due…

abatement

• n. The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation;…
• n. The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount…
• n. (heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower…
• n. (law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death…
• n. (law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction…

collapse

• v. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
• v. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
• v. (intransitive) To fold compactly.
• v. (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
• v. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
• n. The act of collapsing.
• n. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).

hiatus

• n. A gap in a series, making it incomplete.
• n. An interruption, break or pause.
• n. An unexpected break from work.
• n. (geology) A gap in geological strata.
• n. (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
• n. (linguistics).

remission

• n. A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing.
• n. A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense.
• n. (medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease.
• n. (law) Referral of a case back to a lower (inferior) court of law.

remittal

• n. Anything remitted; remittance.

reprieve

• v. (transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
• v. (transitive) To bring relief to someone.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
• n. The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
• n. A document authorizing such an action.
• n. Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.

respite

• n. A brief interval of rest or relief.
• n. (law) A reprieve, especially from a sentence of death.
• n. (law) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
• v. (transitive) To delay or postpone.

settling

• v. present participle of settle.
• n. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding,…
• n. (usually in the plural) Dregs; sediment.

sinking

• v. present participle of sink.
• n. The act or process of sinking.

subsiding

• v. present participle of subside.
• n. The act by which something subsides.

suspension

• n. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
• n. A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
• n. The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a…
• n. The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
• n. (education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly…
• n. (music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which…
• n. (Scots law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted…
• n. (topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an…
• n. (topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain…
• n. (vehicles) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile or car,…