- remission, remittal, subsidence - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
--1 is a kind of suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
--1 has particulars: resolutionDerived form: verb subside1 - settling, subsiding, subsidence - a gradual sinking to a lower level
--2 is a kind of sinking
Derived form: verb subside2 - cave in, subsidence - the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
--3 is a kind of collapse
Derived form: verb subside2