subside
verb
[ səbˈsʌɪd ]
• become less intense, violent, or severe.
• "I'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides"
Similar:
abate,
let up,
moderate,
calm,
lull,
slacken (off),
ease (up),
relent,
die down,
die out,
peter out,
taper off,
recede,
lessen,
soften,
alleviate,
attenuate,
remit,
diminish,
decline,
dwindle,
weaken,
fade,
wane,
ebb,
still,
cease,
come to a stop,
come to an end,
terminate,
quieten down,
quiet down,
• (of water) go down to a lower or the normal level.
• "the floods subside almost as quickly as they arise"
Similar:
recede,
ebb,
fall back,
flow back,
fall away,
fall,
go down,
get lower,
sink,
sink lower,
abate,
diminish,
retrocede,
Origin:
late 17th century: from Latin subsidere, from sub- ‘below’ + sidere ‘settle’ (related to sedere ‘sit’).
