tapering off

• abate
• abating
• alleviating
• bate
• close
• collapsing
• come to a point
• compressing
• condensing
• constricting
• contracting
• de-escalating
• declining
• decreasing
• deflating
• die away
• die out
• diminish
• diminishing
• drain
• dwindle
• dwindling
• easing
• ebbing
• evaporating
• fade
• falling
• falling away
• flagging
• giving out
• lessen
• lessening
• letting up
• lowering
• moderating
• narrow
• palling
• phasing down
• recede
• receding
• reduce
• relaxing
• relenting
• remitting
• rescind
• shrinking
• sinking
• slackening
• subside
• subsiding
• tapering
• thin
• thin out
• vanishing
• wane
• waning
• weaken
• weakening
• wind down

• accumulating
• appearing
• ballooning
• blowing up
• bourgeoning
• building
• burgeoning
• distending
• elongating
• emerging
• enlarging
• escalating
• expanding
• go up
• growing
• increase
• increasing
• intensifying
• lengthening
• mounting
• mushrooming
• picking up
• rise
• rising
• showing up
• snowballing
• soaring
• swelling
• waxing

• The rain was tapering off as the sun began to rise.
• His enthusiasm for the project started tapering off.
• The doctor recommended tapering off the medication slowly.
• The crowd's applause was tapering off by the end of the speech.
• Sales were tapering off after the holiday season.

abandoning

• abandonment
• abjuring
• abolishing
• abolition
• aborting
• abrogating
• abrogation
• annulling
• annulment
• basking
• breaking off
• breaking up
• calling
• calling off
• canceling
• cancelling
• ceasing
• closing
• concluding
• countermanding
• crying off
• cutting off
• deletion
• delivering
• deserting
• discarding
• discontinuing
• disowning
• disregarding
• dissolution
• dissolving
• distancing
• ditching
• dropping
• dumping
• elimination
• ending
• escaping
• expiring
• finishing
• flinging
• forgetting
• forsaking
• giving up
• halting
• handing over
• hanging it up
• holding back
• ignoring
• indulging
• interrupting
• invalidating
• invalidation
• jettisoning
• junking
• knocking off
• leaving
• leaving off
• luxuriating
• marooning
• neglecting
• nullification
• nullifying
• overdoing
• overindulging
• overruling
• pausing
• quashing
• quitting
• recall
• recalling
• recanting
• rejecting
• relinquishing
• renouncing
• repeal
• repealing
• repudiating
• repudiation
• rescinding
• retirement
• retracting
• retraction
• reveling
• revelling
• reversal
• reversing
• revocation
• revoking
• rolling
• rolling back
• sacrificing
• scrapping
• scrubbing
• shedding
• shutting off
• stopping
• stranding
• surrendering
• suspending
• taking back
• tapering off
• terminating
• throwing away
• throwing out
• throwing up
• undoing
• vacating
• voiding
• walking away from
• walking out on
• wallowing
• winding up
• withdrawing
• wrapping up
• writing off
• yielding

abating

• abbreviating
• abolishing
• aborting
• abridging
• abrogating
• allaying
• alleviating
• analeptic
• annihilating
• annulling
• assuaging
• avoiding
• bankrupting
• banning
• bereaving
• breaking down
• calling
• calling off
• canceling
• cancelling
• ceasing
• cheating
• clipping
• closing
• collapsing
• compressing
• concluding
• condensing
• consolatory
• consoling
• constricting
• contracting
• countermanding
• cropping
• crumbling
• curing
• curtailing
• cutting
• cutting back
• cutting down
• de-escalating
• declinatory
• declining
• decreasing
• decrescent
• deducting
• deflating
• defrauding
• denting
• denuding
• depleting
• depreciating
• depriving
• descending
• desisting
• diminishing
• disallowing
• disannulling
• discontinuing
• discounting
• disfurnishing
• dismissing
• dissolving
• divesting
• docking
• doing away with
• downscaling
• downsizing
• dropping
• dwindling
• dying
• dying down
• easing
• ebbing
• eliminating
• encouraging
• ending
• enjoining
• eradicating
• erasing
• evaporating
• expiring
• fading away
• falling
• falling away
• finishing
• flagging
• forbidding
• freeing
• giving out
• health-giving
• heart-warming
• impoverishing
• inspiriting
• invalidating
• invigorating
• knocking down
• knocking off
• lapsing
• leaving off
• lessening
• letting up
• lightening
• liquidating
• losing momentum
• lowering
• minimizing
• mitigating
• moderating
• modifying
• modulating
• narrowing
• negating
• nicking
• nullifying
• nulling
• outlawing
• overriding
• overruling
• overturning
• palling
• paring
• passing
• phasing down
• plummeting
• plunging
• prohibiting
• pruning
• qualifying
• quashing
• quieting
• quitting
• reassuring
• recalling
• receding
• reducing
• refreshing
• rejecting
• relaxing
• relenting
• relieving
• remedying
• remitting
• removing
• repealing
• rescinding
• restoring
• retracting
• retrenching
• reversing
• revitalizing
• revivifying
• revoking
• rolling back
• sagging
• setting aside
• settling
• shortchanging
• shortening
• shrinking
• shriveling up
• sinking
• slackening
• slashing
• sliding
• slipping
• slowing
• slumping
• softening
• solacing
• soothing
• stopping
• striking down
• stripping
• subsiding
• subtracting
• succoring
• suspending
• sustaining
• taking off
• tapering
• tapering off
• terminating
• throwing out
• toppling
• tottering
• tranquilizing
• trimming
• truncating
• tumbling
• upholding
• vacating
• vanishing
• vetoing
• voiding
• waning
• warming
• wasting
• weakening
• wearing down
• wearing off
• whittling
• winding up
• withdrawing
• writing off

easing

• abatement
• abating
• abbreviating
• abetting
• abridging
• acceding
• accelerating
• accommodation
• adjustment
• advancing
• aiding
• allaying
• alleviating
• alleviation
• ameliorating
• amending
• amends
• assisting
• assuagement
• assuaging
• automated
• automatic
• bettering
• blunting
• calming
• clipping
• collapsing
• compressing
• compromise
• computerized
• concession
• conciliation
• condensing
• consolatory
• consoling
• constricting
• contracting
• correcting
• cropping
• curing
• curtailing
• cutting
• cutting back
• cutting down
• de-escalating
• declining
• decreasing
• deflating
• denting
• depleting
• detaching
• diminishing
• disentangling
• docking
• downscaling
• downsizing
• dropping
• dwindling
• ebbing
• emending
• enhancing
• enriching
• evaporating
• expediting
• facilitating
• falling
• falling away
• fixing
• flagging
• forwarding
• freeing
• furthering
• giving out
• grant
• greasing
• hastening
• healing
• helping
• hurrying
• improving
• knocking down
• laborsaving
• lessening
• letting up
• lightening
• loosening
• lowering
• lulling
• mechanical
• meliorating
• mending
• minimizing
• mitigating
• mitigation
• moderating
• moderation
• modifying
• modulating
• mollification
• mollifying
• motorized
• nicking
• nonmanual
• pacifying
• palliating
• palliative
• palling
• paring
• peace offering
• perfecting
• phasing down
• placation
• promoting
• propitiation
• pruning
• qualifying
• quelling
• quenching
• quickening
• quieting
• reassuring
• receding
• reconciliation
• rectifying
• reducing
• refining
• reforming
• relaxing
• relenting
• relieving
• remedying
• remitting
• repairing
• reparation
• restoration
• retrenching
• robotic
• rushing
• self-acting
• self-operating
• self-regulating
• semiautomatic
• settlement
• shortening
• shrinking
• simplifying
• sinking
• slackening
• slacking
• slashing
• smoothing
• softening
• solace
• soothing
• speeding
• streamlining
• subsiding
• tapering
• tapering off
• tempering
• time-saving
• tranquilization
• tranquilizing
• trimming
• truncating
• unbinding
• unclogging
• undoing
• unfastening
• untangling
• untieing
• untying
• vanishing
• waning
• warming
• weakening
• whittling

ebbing

• abatement
• abating
• alleviating
• at end of rope
• atrophy
• atrophying
• backsliding
• breaking down
• ceasing
• ceasing to exist
• closing
• collapsing
• comedown
• compressing
• concluding
• condensing
• constricting
• contracting
• corrupting
• cropper
• crumbling
• de-escalating
• debilitating
• debilitation
• decay
• decaying
• declension
• declinatory
• decline
• decline and fall
• declining
• decomposing
• decreasing
• decrepitude
• decrescent
• deflating
• degeneracy
• degenerating
• degeneration
• degrading
• dematerialization
• departure
• depreciating
• descending
• descent
• desertion
• desisting
• deteriorating
• deterioration
• devolution
• devolving
• dilapidating
• diminishing
• diminution
• disappearing act
• discontinuing
• disintegrating
• disintegration
• dispersal
• dissipation
• dissolution
• dive
• done for
• doomed
• downfall
• downgrade
• downsizing
• downturn
• drooping
• drop
• dropping
• dwindling
• dying
• dying down
• easing
• ebb
• eclipse
• ending
• enfeeblement
• escape
• evanescence
• evaporating
• evaporation
• exhaustion
• exit
• exodus
• expiring
• fade-out
• fading
• fading away
• failing
• failure
• fall
• fall-off
• falling
• falling away
• falling-off
• fated
• final
• finishing
• flagging
• flight
• flop
• giving out
• giving up the ghost
• going
• going to pot
• going to seed
• in extremis
• lagging
• languishing
• lapse
• lapsing
• leaving off
• lessening
• letting up
• lightening
• limping
• losing momentum
• loss
• lowering
• melting
• moderating
• moldering
• moribund
• mortal
• narrowing
• on last leg
• on the skids
• one foot in grave
• palling
• passing
• perishing
• phasing down
• plummeting
• plunging
• pratfall
• putrefying
• quieting
• quitting
• receding
• recession
• reducing
• regressing
• regression
• relapse
• relaxing
• relenting
• remitting
• removal
• retirement
• retrograding
• rotting
• running down
• running to seed
• sagging
• senility
• setback
• settling
• shrinking
• shriveling up
• sinking
• skids
• slackening
• sliding
• slipping
• slowing
• slump
• slumping
• softening
• souring
• spoiling
• stopping
• subsiding
• tapering
• tapering off
• terminating
• toppling
• tottering
• tumbling
• undermining
• vanishing
• wane
• waning
• wasting
• weakening
• wearing away
• wearing down
• wearing off
• wilting
• winding up
• withdrawal
• withering
• worsening

falling

• abating
• alleviating
• angling
• backslide
• backsliding
• biting the dust
• bombing
• bowed
• bowing
• bowing out
• breaching
• breaking
• breaking the law
• buckling
• buying it
• buying the farm
• canting
• capitulating
• checking out
• cocking
• collapsing
• compressing
• conceding
• condensing
• constricting
• consuming
• contracting
• crashing
• cratering
• croaking
• crumbling
• crumpling
• dangling
• de-escalating
• decadence
• decay
• decaying
• deceasing
• declension
• declination
• decline
• declined
• declining
• decreasing
• deflating
• degeneracy
• degeneration
• degradation
• demising
• departing
• descendant
• descendent
• descending
• descent
• deterioration
• devaluation
• diminishing
• dipping
• disappearing
• diving
• downfall
• downgrade
• drooping
• droopy
• dropping
• drying up
• dwindling
• dying
• easing
• ebbing
• ending
• erring
• evaporating
• exiting
• expiring
• fading
• failing
• falling away
• falling from grace
• faltering
• flagging
• flatlining
• flopping
• floppy
• flumping
• flunking
• folding
• forfeiting
• foundering
• free-falling
• giving out
• giving up
• giving up the ghost
• going
• handing over
• hanging
• heeling
• hung
• inclining
• infringing
• keeling
• kicking in
• kicking off
• kicking the bucket
• knuckling under
• lapse
• lapsing
• leaning
• lessening
• letting up
• limp
• listing
• losing
• lowering
• messing up
• missing
• moderating
• nodding
• nose-diving
• offending
• palling
• parting
• passing away
• pegging out
• pendant
• pendent
• pendulous
• perishing
• phasing down
• plonking
• plopping
• plummeting
• plunging
• plunking
• popping off
• precipitating
• predeceasing
• receding
• reclining
• regress
• regression
• relapse
• relaxing
• relenting
• relinquishing
• remitting
• retreating
• retrogression
• reversion
• sagging
• settling
• shrinking
• sinking
• sinning
• skidding
• slackening
• slanting
• sliding
• slipping
• sloping
• slumping
• snuffing it
• stepping out
• stooping
• straying
• striking out
• stumbling
• submitting
• subsiding
• succumbing
• surrendering
• suspended
• taking the count
• tanking
• tapering
• tapering off
• throwing
• tilting
• tipping
• toppling
• tottering
• transgressing
• trespassing
• tripping
• tumbling
• vanishing
• violating
• wandering
• waning
• washing out
• weakening
• weeping
• wiping out

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