An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
To make (a quantity) smaller.
Detraction; depreciation.
The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.