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Receding

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lownounSituated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
recessionnoun(economics) A period of reduced economic activity.
retiringnounretirement
retreatingnounThe act of moving back from something; a retreat.
fadeoutnounA gradual disappearance or fading away.

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retreatingnounThe act of moving back from something; a retreat.
backwardnounIndicating position or direction.
retiringnounretirement
fadeoutnounA gradual disappearance or fading away.
recessionnoun(economics) A period of reduced economic activity.
ebbnoun(intransitive) to flow back or recede
lownounSituated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
abatingnoun(rhetoric) Anesis.
decliningnoundecline
fallinga real-time card game from James Ernest in which all players are falling from the sky for no apparent reason.
diminishingnounbecoming smaller
shrinkingnounThe act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.
floodingnounAn act of flooding; a flood or gush.
hairlinenounThe line along one's forehead where hair starts growing.
decreasingnounOn the decrease.
waningnounBecoming weaker or smaller.
ebbingnounThe action of something that ebbs.
withdrawingnounwithdrawal
subsidingnounThe act by which something subsides.
contractingnounWork done on a contract basis.

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