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Subsidence
//ˈsʌbsɪdəns// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of becoming less active or severe. countable, uncountable
"The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions."
- 2 the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it wordnet
- 3 A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above. countable, uncountable
"In the early hours of April 28, 1953, it was completely blocked by a subsidence, which caused the death of five persons, when a pair of semi-detached houses collapsed into the cavity."
- 4 a gradual sinking to a lower level wordnet
- 5 an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) wordnet
Etymology
Latin subsidens, subsidentis, present participle of subsidere. Equivalent to subside + -ence.
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