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subsidence |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: subsidence n 1: an abatement in the manifestations of a disease; "his cancer is in remission" [syn: {remission}] 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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