v.

• hang back
,
• boggle
,
• demur
,
• flinch
,
• huddle
.

• blanch
,
• evade
,
• blink
,
• cringe
,
• crouch
,
• blench
,
• cower
,
• duck
,
• elude
,
• balk
,
• eschew
,
• avoid
.

• backtrack
,
• drive back
.

• fade away
,
• fizzle out
,
• end
,
• fade out
,
• ease off
,
• halt
,
• dilapidate
,
• expire
,
• go bad
,
• disappear
,
• bate
,
• crumble
,
• break down
.

• bail out
,
• bow out
,
• check out
,
• detach
,
• draw away
,
• book
,
• extract
,
• blow
,
• drop out
.

• deflate
,
• evaporate
,
• abbreviate
,
• clench
,
• compress
,
• fall away
,
• constrict
,
• confine
,
• consume
,
• abridge
,
• epitomize
,
• edit
,
• fall off
,
• curtail
,
• draw in
.

• collapse
,
• cave in
,
• buckle
,
• dip
,
• gravitate
,
• hit the dirt
,
• fold up
,
• cascade
,
• ease
,
• drag
,
• dive
,
• crash
,
• flop
.

• descend
,
• elapse
,
• cease
,
• apostatize
.

• go back
,
• diminish
,
• decline
,
• drop
,
• close
,
• abate
,
• depart
,
• dwindle
,
• back
,
• die off
,
• go away
,
• draw back
,
• fade
,
• decrease
,
• fall back
,
• ebb
.

• hit the sack
,
• get away
,
• go to bed
,
• go to sleep
,
• get off
.

• give way
,
• break
,
• flex
,
• fold
,
• cave
,
• hand over
,
• crumple
,
• grant
,
• devote
,
• allow
,
• concede
,
• cede
.

• die down
.

• back away
,
• evacuate
,
• disengage
,
• back out
,
• hide
.

• dissolve
,
• disperse
,
• abscond
,
• fly
,
• dissipate
,
• go
,
• abandon
,
• decamp
,
• evanesce
,
• clear
,
• die
,
• flee
,
• dematerialize
.

• impoverish
,
• diet
,
• dilute
,
• debase
,
• depress
,
• cut back
,
• chop
,
• bankrupt
,
• clip
,
• impair
,
• cut down
.

• cool
,
• allay
,
• cool it
,
• coast
,
• dull
,
• chill out
.

• fall
,
• fail
,
• cheapen
,
• disintegrate
,
• deteriorate
,
• backslide
,
• flag
,
• depreciate
,
• droop
,
• decay
,
• degenerate
.

• disclaim
,
• abjure
,
• exclude
,
• forswear
,
• call off
,
• disavow
,
• back off
,
• cancel
,
• back down
,
• countermand
,
• eliminate
,
• disown
,
• deny
,
• go back on
.

• contract
,
• extenuate
,
• cut
,
• die out
,
• attenuate
,
• drain
.

• de-escalate
,
• die away
.

• bend
,
• drop down
,
• go down
,
• incline
.

• discount
,
• deduct
.

• give up
.

• give back
.

• give out
.

• backpedal
.

n.

• escape
,
• evanescence
,
• desertion
,
• dissipation
,
• eclipse
,
• exit
,
• fading
,
• dispersal
,
• flight
,
• ebbing
,
• going
,
• disintegration
,
• dissolution
,
• departure
,
• exodus
.

• elision
,
• condensing
,
• decreasing
,
• abbreviation
,
• diminishing
,
• deflation
,
• dwindling
,
• confinement
,
• constriction
,
• abridgment
,
• diminution
,
• curtailment
,
• compression
,
• condensation
,
• evaporation
,
• confining
.

adj.

• declining
,
• contrary
,
• catabolic
,
• deteriorating
,
• backward
.

• dormant
,
• inactive
.