ONRUSHING Antonyms

• a becoming gradually less

• gradually decreasing until little remains

• a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

• (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

• (military) not involved in military operations

• not exerting influence or change

• (of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct

• lacking in energy or will

• lacking activity; lying idle or unused

• not engaged in full-time work

• not active physically or mentally

• (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert

• not in physical motion

• a slow or gradual disappearance

• the act of becoming more distant

• (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back

• a decrease in rate of change

• not circulating or flowing

• not growing or changing; without force or vitality

• lose velocity; move more slowly

• reduce the speed of

• (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

• a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet

• (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position

• (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset

• an area where you can be alone

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation

• the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant)

• pull back or move away or backward

• move away, as for privacy

• move back

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity