Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subsidence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.
--Bp.
Warburton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
subsidence
n 1: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the
manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in
remission" [syn: {remission}, {remittal}]
2: a gradual sinking to a lower level [syn: {settling}, {subsiding}]
3: the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
[syn: {cave in}]
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