The act or process of making diminutive.
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.
A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.
A period of reduced economic activity
The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
The act of ceding something back.