1. subsidence(n = noun.event) remission, remittal - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
is a kind of abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension
has particulars: resolution
Derived form verb subside1
2. subsidence(n = noun.event) settling, subsiding - a gradual sinking to a lower level;
is a kind of sinking
Derived form verb subside2
3. subsidence(n = noun.event) cave in - the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it;
is a kind of collapse
Derived form verb subside2
The act or process of subsiding. [1913 Webster]
"The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions." [1913 Webster]
N nonincrease, decrease, decrease, diminution, lessening, subtraction, reduction, abatement, declension, shrinking (contraction, ), coarctation, abridgment, extenuation, subsidence, wane, ebb, decline, ebbing, descent, decrement, reflux, depreciation, deterioration, anticlimax, mitigation, unincreased, decreased, decreasing, on the wane, a gilded halo hovering round decay, fine by degrees and beautifully less.
N descent, descension, declension, declination, fall, falling, slump, drop, plunge, plummet, cadence, subsidence, collapse, lapse, downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch, cropper, culbute, titubation, stumble, fate of Icarus, avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide, declivity, dip, hill, rappel, descending, descendent, decurrent, decursive, labent, deciduous, nodding to its fall, downhill, downwards, the bottom fell out.