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waneverb to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallyin the course of the evening the storm steadily waned abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down)also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off compress, condense, constrict, contractevaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanishslacken, slow (down)alleviate, relaxflag, sink, weakencave (in), collapse, deflate accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon(also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax appear, emerge, show upblow up, distend, elongate, lengthen abate, subside, wane, ebb mean to die down in force or intensity.abate stresses the idea of progressive diminishing.the storm abated subside implies the ceasing of turbulence or agitation.the protests subsided after a few days wane suggests the fading or weakening of something good or impressive.waning enthusiasm ebb suggests the receding of something (such as the tide) that commonly comes and goes.the ebbing of daylight before the 12th century |