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subsidence

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sub·side  (sb-sd)
intr.v. sub·sid·ed, sub·sid·ing, sub·sides
1. To sink to a lower or normal level.
2. To sink or settle down, as into a sofa.
3. To sink to the bottom, as a sediment.
4. To become less agitated or active; abate. See Synonyms at decrease.

[Latin subsdere : sub-, sub- + sdere, to settle; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

sub·sidence (sb-sdns, sbs-dns) n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.subsidence - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
resolution - the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
2.subsidence - a gradual sinking to a lower level
sinking - a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
3.subsidence - the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
collapse - a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"

subsidence
Translations
Spanish subsidence [səbˈsaɪdns] nhundimiento;
(in road) → socavón m

French subsidence [səbˈsaɪdns] naffaissement m
German subsidence [səbˈsaɪdns] subside nSenkung f
Italian subsidence [səbˈsaɪdns] ncedimento, abbassamento

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Under the influence of a great mental and moral upheaval, his character and his habits had taken on the appearance of complete change, but after a while with the subsidence of the storm, both began to settle toward their former places.
The creatures had crept downwards with the subsidence of the rick till they were all together at the bottom, and being now uncovered from their last refuge they ran across the open ground in all directions, a loud shriek from the by-this-time half-tipsy Marian informing her companions that one of the rats had invaded her person--a terror which the rest of the women had guarded against by various schemes of skirt-tucking and self-elevation.
With the subsidence of Esmeralda the lioness renewed her efforts to wriggle her huge bulk through the weakening lattice.
 
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