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subsidence n. [
remission, remittal] an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
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subsidence n. [
settling, subsiding] a gradual sinking to a lower level
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subsidence n. [
cave in] the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
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