Synonyms for subsidence

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suhb-sahyd

Phonetic Transcription : səbˈsaɪd

Définition of subsidence

Origin : 1680s, "to sink to the bottom," from Latin subsidere "settle, sink, sit down or remain," from sub "down" (see sub-) + sidere "to settle," related to sedere (see sedentary). Meaning "to sink to a lower level, be reduced" is from 1706. Related: Subsided; subsiding.

noun let-up

Example sentences :

They saw that it had reached its highest, but its subsidence had not yet commenced.
Extract from : « The Giraffe Hunters » by Mayne Reid

The duration of the Cretaceous subsidence must have been very great.
Extract from : « The Story of the Earth and Man » by J. W. Dawson

And now to wait as patiently as may be the subsidence of the waters.
Extract from : « The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains » by Augustus Henry Irby

On the whole the Carboniferous seems to have been a time of subsidence in the West.
Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton

When subsidence slackened or ceased the land gained on the sea.
Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton

The beginning of the Tertiary was therefore marked by a subsidence.
Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton

Some were now piled up like driftwood after the subsidence of a flood.
Extract from : « Wilford Woodruff » by Matthias F. Cowley

The only other alternative is to suppose a subsidence of the land below the level of the sea.
Extract from : « Human Origins » by Samuel Laing

There was some failure of the electric fire, and a subsidence of the system.
Extract from : « Guy Deverell, v. 1 of 2 » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

I cannot say the recognition wrought a subsidence of Hualpas fears.
Extract from : « The Fair God » by Lew Wallace

Antonyms for subsidence

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