ACCRETION Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For ACCRETION
| Expand? | Word | Save? | Synonyms.. | Usage | Type | |||
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| decrease | verbv | |||||||
noun • a change downward • a process of becoming smaller or shorter • the amount by which something decreases • the act of decreasing or reducing something verb • decrease in size, extent, or range • make become smaller | ||||||||
| deduction | nounn | |||||||
noun • a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket • an amount or percentage deducted • something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) • reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) • the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) • the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise | ||||||||
| depletion | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of decreasing something markedly • the state of being depleted | ||||||||
| reduction | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of decreasing or reducing something • any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent • the act of reducing complexity | ||||||||
| subtraction | nounn | |||||||
noun • an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated • the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) | ||||||||
| attrition | nounn | |||||||
noun • erosion by friction • the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice • sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation • a wearing down to weaken or destroy • the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction | ||||||||
| decay | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the process of gradually becoming inferior • a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current • the organic phenomenon of rotting • an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying • the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation verb • lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current • fall into decay or ruin • undergo decay or decomposition | ||||||||
| erosion | nounn | |||||||
noun • (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively • condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind • a gradual decline of something • erosion by chemical action | ||||||||
