[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

subsidence \subsid"ence\, subsidency \subsid"ency\, n. l.
   subsidens, -entis, p. pr. of subsidere. see subside.
   the act or process of subsiding.
   1913 webster

         the subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.
                                                  --bp.
                                                  warburton.
   1913 webster
see also:
subside 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

subsidence
     n 1: an abatement in intensity or degree as in the
          manifestations of a disease; "his cancer is in
          remission" syn: remission, remittal
     2: a gradual sinking to a lower level syn: settling, subsiding
     3: the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
        syn: cave in
see also:
remission remittal settling subsiding cave in 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

62 moby thesaurus words for "subsidence":
   avalanche, cadence, catabasis, catenary, cessation, coast,
   collapse, crash, dead set, dead stand, dead stop, deadlock,
   deceleration, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo,
   decurrence, diminuendo, dive, downtrend, downturn, droop, drop,
   dwindling, dying down, ebb, ebbing, fall, full stop, glide,
   glissade, glissando, halt, landslide, landslip, lapse, lock,
   lowering, plunge, remission, retreat, sag, sideslip, sinkage, skid,
   slide, slip, slippage, slither, slowdown, slump, snowslide,
   snowslip, stand, standstill, stillstand, stop, submergence, swag,
   wane, waning

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