decrescence

decrescence
index curtailment, decrease, decrement, deduction (diminution)

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  • decrescence — de·cres·cence …   English syllables

  • decrescence — də̇ˈkresən(t)s, dēˈ noun ( s) Etymology: Latin decrescentia, from decrescent , decrescens (present participle of decrescere to decrease) + ia y : the act or process of decreasing; specifically …   Useful english dictionary

  • decrescent — decrescence, n. /di kres euhnt/, adj. 1. diminishing; decreasing. 2. waning, as the moon. [1600 10; < L decrescent (s. of decrescens), prp. of decrescere to DECREASE; see ENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • deduction — de·duc·tion n 1: an amount allowed by tax laws to be subtracted from income in order to decrease the amount of income tax due see also internal revenue code in the important laws section compare credit, ex …   Law dictionary

  • curtailment — I noun abatement, abbreviation, abbreviature, abridgment, compression, condensation, constriction, contraction, cut back, cutting down, cutting off, declension, decline, decrease, decrescence, depression, deprivation, diminishment, diminution,… …   Law dictionary

  • decrease — I noun abatement, abbreviation, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, constriction, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, deceleration, declension, declination, decline, decline and fall, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, deminutio …   Law dictionary

  • decrement — I noun abatement, abridgment, contraction, curtailment, cut, damage, declension, decrease decrescence, deduction, deficit, depletion, diminishment, diminution, dissipation, drain, erosion, exhaustion, expenditure, leak, leakage, lessening, loss,… …   Law dictionary

  • abatement — Synonyms and related words: abridgment, agio, allayment, alleviation, allowance, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, attenuation, attrition, bank discount, blunting, breakage, calming, cash discount, chain discount,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • abridgment — Synonyms and related words: abatement, abbreviation, abstract, alleviation, aphorism, apocope, attenuation, bereavement, blue penciling, bowdlerization, breviary, brief, cancellation, capsule, censoring, censorship, compendium, compression,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • alleviation — Synonyms and related words: abatement, abridgment, allayment, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, attenuation, blunting, calming, contraction, dampening, damping, deadening, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction …   Moby Thesaurus

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