Related Words for decline

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wane
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Verb, Noun
fall
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Noun, Verb, Noun
diminution
xx/x
Noun, Noun
worsen
/x
Noun, Verb
downslope
//
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
refuse
x/
Adverb, Verb, Adjective, Noun
reject
x/
Noun, Verb, Noun
descent
x/
Noun, Noun
decay
x/
Noun, Noun, Verb
pass up
//
Phrase, Verb
turn down
//
Phrase, Verb
rise
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Noun, Noun
improvement
x/x
Noun, Noun
raise
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Verb, Verb, Noun
upgrade
x/
Noun, Verb, Noun, Adverb
take
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Adverb, Verb, Noun
decrease
x/
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
upswing
x/
Noun
increase
x/
Noun
collapse
x/
Noun
diminishment
x/xx
Noun
precipitous
x/xx
Adjective
upturn
x/
Noun
plummeting
/xx
Verb
demise
x/
Noun
upsurge
/x
Noun
resurgence
x/x
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
downturn
/x
Noun
dwindle
/x
Verb
slump
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Noun
drop
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Noun
trend
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Noun
growth
/
Noun
downfall
/x
Noun
deteriorate
x/xxx
Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
weakening
/xx
Noun
loss
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Noun
faltering
/xx
Adjective
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
failure
/x
Noun
spike
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Noun
stagnate
/x
Verb
accelerated
x/xxx
Adjective
reemergence
xx/x
Noun
reverse
x/
Noun, Verb
gradual
/xx
Adjective
change
/
Noun
shrinking
/x
Noun
reduced
x/
Verb
fluctuation
xx/x
Noun
skyrocketing
/xxx
Noun
degradation
xx/x
Noun
deceleration
xxx/x
Noun
reversal
x/x
Noun
declination
xx/x
Noun
surge
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Noun
depletion
x/x
Noun
ruination
/x/x
Noun
breakdown
/x
Noun
reluctance
x/x
Noun
continuing
x/xx
Verb
erosion
x/x
Noun
degeneration
xxx/x
Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
impact
x/
Noun
downgrade
//
Noun
weakness
/x
Noun
refusal
x/x
Noun
slow
/
Adjective
failing
/x
Verb
inevitable
x/xxx
Adjective
disinterest
x/xx
Noun
popularity
xx/xx
Noun
declension
x/x
Noun
eclipse
x/
Noun
dive
/
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
contraction
x/x
Noun
snowing
/x
Verb
downward spiral
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
drift
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Noun
death
/
Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
decease
x/
Noun
raining
/x
Verb
ups and downs
///
Phrase, Noun
depression
x/x
Noun
cliff
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Noun
nadir
/x
Noun
depth
/
Noun
autumn
/x
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun
downpour
/x
Noun
trough
/
Noun
recession
x/x
Noun
passing
/x
Noun
birthrate
/x
Noun
gibbon
/x
Name
flux
/
Adjective
sharpest
/x
Adjective
steady
/x
Adjective
turnout
/x
Noun
inexorable
x/xxx
Adjective
steepest
/x
Adjective
lamenting
x/x
Verb
drastic
/x
Adjective
halt
/
Verb
marked
/
Adjective
thereafter
x/x
Adverb
offsetting
x/x
Verb
hastened
/x
Verb
fertility
x/xx
Noun
arrest
x/
Verb
coincided
xx/x
Verb
senescent
x/x
Adjective
paralleled
/xx
Verb
noticeable
/xxx
Adjective
enrollments
x/x
Noun
precipitate
x/xx
Adjective
catastrophic
xx/x
Adjective
feudalism
/xxx
Noun
fortunes
/x
Noun
abate
x/
Verb, Noun
abatement
x/x
Noun
absorption
x/x
Noun
abundance
x/x
Noun
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
aggravation
xx/x
Noun
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
approximated
x/xxx
Adjective
arrhenius
x/xx
Adjective
ascent
x/
Noun
asymptotic
/xxx
Adjective
attrition
x/x
Noun, Verb
back
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Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backsliding
/xx
Noun, Adjective
backtrack
/x
Verb, Noun
bankruptcy
/xx
Noun
benchmark
/x
Noun, Verb
bend
/
Noun, Verb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blink
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Noun, Verb
bust
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
calculated
/xxx
Adjective
chute
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Noun, Verb
climb
/
Verb, Noun
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
comparable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
computed
x/x
Adjective
consent
x/
Noun, Verb
contracture
x/x
Noun
corresponding
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
curtailment
x/x
Noun
cut
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cutback
/x
Noun
damage
/x
Noun, Verb
decadence
/xx
Noun
decrement
xxx
Noun, Verb
deflection
x/x
Noun
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
degrade
x/
Verb
demotion
x/x
Noun
denial
x/x
Noun
deny
x/
Verb
depreciate
x/xx
Verb
depress
x/
Verb
deprive
x/
Verb
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
detract
x/
Verb
devaluation
xxx/x
Noun
dim
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dip
/
Noun, Verb
disaffection
xx/x
Noun
disallow
xx/
Verb
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
disdain
x/
Noun, Verb
dishonor
x/x
Noun, Verb
dismiss
x/
Verb
disobey
xx/
Verb
dispersal
x/x
Noun
disrepair
xx/
Noun, Verb
dissipation
xx/x
Noun
distance
/x
Noun, Verb
disuse
x/
Noun, Verb
downhill
//
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
downregulation
/xx/x
Noun
downside
/x
Noun
downsizing
/xx
Noun
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
drop off
//
Phrase, Verb
ease
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Noun, Verb
ebb
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
exacerbation
xxx/x
Noun
exponential
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
fade
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fallback
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
falling off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
flat
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
give
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Verb, Noun
gutter
/x
Noun, Verb
have
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Verb, Noun
hem
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Noun, Verb
hindsight
/x
Noun
impairment
x/x
Noun
improve
x/
Verb
incline
x/
Noun, Verb
inflame
x/
Verb
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
invoke
x/
Verb
kick
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Verb, Noun
kickback
/x
Noun
land
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Noun, Verb
landslide
/x
Noun, Verb
leakage
/x
Noun
less
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lessen
/x
Verb
lose
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Verb, Noun
low
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
meltdown
/x
Noun
minimise
/xx
Verb
minimize
/xx
Verb
mitigate
/xx
Verb
morass
x/
Noun
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neglect
x/
Noun, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
number
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
gloss
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Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb