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[ noun ] a becoming gradually less

Synonyms

dwindling

Examples

"there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

There 's no greater catastrophe in the universe , she reflected dourly , impaling tender green_beans on the silver fork , than the dwindling_away of a family .

Related terms

decrease fading_away dwindle

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