Subsidence

//ˈsʌbsɪdəns// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of becoming less active or severe. countable, uncountable

    "The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions."

  2. 2
    the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    a gradual sinking to a lower level wordnet
  5. 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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