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Subsidence - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Subsidence : (noun)
1: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the
manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in
remission" [syn: remission, remittal]
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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