abating
Gradually losing strength
Abating is the present participle of abate, meaning to lessen in intensity or amount.
A storm abates as it weakens.
Pain abates as it fades.
Legal usage refers to reducing or eliminating something: The city issued an order abating the nuisance.
The flood showed no signs of abating.
Moving away from observer
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- retreatingMoving back from advance
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
dying down · letting up · quieting · settling · relenting · slackening · calming · petering out
Decrease or refuse
- reductionMaking something smaller
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- dropFall or release
- fallDescend under gravity
diminishing · shrinkage · cutback · contraction · dwindling · downturn · slump · tapering
Reducing strain or difficulty
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- alleviatingMaking less severe
- mitigatingReducing harm or severity
- assuagingLessening intensity or severity
palliating · lessening · lightening · mollifying · ameliorating · tempering · softening · comforting
receding
Moving away from observer
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- retreatingMoving back from advance
fading · dying down · letting up · quieting · settling · relenting · slackening · calming · petering out · trailing off
decline
Decrease or refuse
fall · diminishing · shrinkage · cutback · contraction · dwindling · downturn · slump · tapering · rollback
easing
Reducing strain or difficulty
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
- alleviatingMaking less severe
- mitigatingReducing harm or severity
assuaging · palliating · lessening · lightening · mollifying · ameliorating · tempering · softening · comforting · dulling
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- gradual declinefading, waning, dwindling, diminishing, ebbing
- softeningmellowing, moistening, tenderizing, cushioning, relaxing
- retreatback away, back off, withdrawal, retreating, back up
- deflationballoon, tire, puncture, leak, collapse
abatingintensifying
Increasing in strength
increasing · amplifying · escalating · growing · mounting
abatingpersisting
Continuing through difficulty
continuing · enduring · unabating · lasting · sustaining