'Subsidence' definitions:
Definition of 'subsidence'
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Definition of 'Subsidence'
From: GCIDE
- Subsidence \Sub*sid"ence\, Subsidency \Sub*sid"en*cy\, n. [L. subsidens, -entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See Subside.] The act or process of subsiding. [1913 Webster]
- The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subsidence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avalanche,
- cadence,
- catabasis,
- catenary,
- cessation,
- coast,
- collapse,
- crash,
- dead set,
- dead stand,
- dead stop,
- deadlock,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrescendo,
- decurrence,
- diminuendo,
- dive,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- droop,
- drop,
- dwindling,
- dying down,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- fall,
- full stop,
- glide,
- glissade,
- glissando,
- halt,
- landslide,
- landslip,
- lapse,
- lock,
- lowering,
- plunge,
- remission,
- retreat,
- sag,
- sideslip,
- sinkage,
- skid,
- slide,
- slip,
- slippage,
- slither,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- snowslide,
- snowslip,
- stand,
- standstill,
- stillstand,
- stop,
- submergence,
- swag,
- wane,
- waning