A period of reduced economic activity
A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.
The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.
The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
The act of ceding something back.
A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
The end of a period.
The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
A child.
A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
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To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
Said of a time period that comes to an end.
Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.