subsidence

Meanings

Plural: subsidences

Noun

• an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
• a gradual sinking to a lower level
• the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
• The process of becoming less active or severe.
• A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above.

Synonyms

cave in, remission, remittal, settling, subsiding

Related Words

subside