subsidence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: subsidence	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subsidence n an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" Synonym(s): remission, remittal, subsidence a gradual sinking to a lower level Synonym(s): settling, subsiding, subsidence the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it Synonym(s): cave in, subsidence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subsidence \Subsid"ence\, Subsidency \Subsid"ency\, n. [L. subsidens, -entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See {Subside}.] The act or process of subsiding. The subdual or subsidence* of the more violent passions. --Bp. Warburton.