noun
recession, decline, outward flow, shrinkage, wane, waste, reflux, reduction, lessening, ebb tide, diminution, abatement, regression, withdrawal, decrease, depreciation, decay, falling-off.
Antonyms flow, increase*, rise.
verb
recede, subside, abate, retire, flow back, sink, decline, decrease, drop off, melt, fall away, peter out, wane, languish, fall off, decay, dwindle.
Antonyms flow*, rise, increase. See syn. study at wane.wane.
See ebb in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
The act or process of becoming less active or intense:
To grow or cause to grow gradually less:
To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark:
To become or cause to become less active or intense:
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