subsidence

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)
noun a gradual sinking to a lower level
noun the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

Latin subsidens, subsidentis, present participle of subsidere. Equivalent to subside + -ence.

[349] These holes in the heavy mould of the forest are caused by subsidences. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen
We had accompanied him through the effervescence, undulations, and final subsidence of his stormy passions. — The Iliad, Homer
The steep sides of the moat, exposed by the subsidence of the water, were slippery and difficult. — In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

remission, remittal

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