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	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry:	decrease
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	To grow or cause to grow gradually less.
Synonyms:	diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter, rebate, reduce, tail away, taper, Abate
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Main Entry:	deduct
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	To take away (a quantity) from another quantity.
Synonyms:	discount, rebate, subtract, take, Abate
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Main Entry:	subside
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	To become or cause to become less active or intense.
Synonyms:	bate, die, ease, ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, wane, Abate
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.