receding

Strong match

• relapsing

Weak matches

• dormant
• inactive
• latent
• regressive
• suspended

Strong matches

• declining
• deteriorating
• inverted
• lapsing
• reversed
• sinking
• slipping
• worsening

Weak matches

• backward
• catabolic
• contrary
• inverse

Strongest matches

• decrease
• deflation
• recession
• reduction
• shrinkage

Strong matches

• abbreviation
• abridgment
• compression
• condensation
• condensing
• confinement
• constriction
• curtailment
• diminution
• dwindling
• elision
• evaporation
• lessening
• narrowing
• omission
• reducing
• shrinking
• tightening
• withdrawal

Weak matches

• abbreviating
• abridging
• confining
• curtailing
• cutting down
• decreasing
• deflating
• diminishing
• drawing together
• evaporating
• lopping
• omitting
• shrivelling
• tensing
• withdrawing

Strongest matches

• departure
• exodus
• loss
• removal

Strong matches

• desertion
• disintegration
• dispersal
• dissipation
• dissolution
• ebbing
• eclipse
• escape
• evanescence
• evaporation
• exit
• fading
• flight
• going
• melting
• passing
• recession
• retirement
• wane
• withdrawal

Weak matches

• ceasing to exist
• decline and fall
• dematerialization
• disappearing act
• wearing away

Weak matches

• ceasing to exist
• decline and fall
• dematerialization
• departure
• desertion
• disappearing act
• disintegration
• dispersal
• dissipation
• dissolution
• ebbing
• eclipse
• escape
• evanescence
• evaporation
• exit
• exodus
• fade-out
• fading
• flight
• going
• loss
• melting
• passing
• recession
• removal
• retirement
• wane
• wearing away
• withdrawal