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reducing collapse: loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer; "a doctor supervised her reducing"

embarrassing collapse: causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"

punitive collapse: inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive damages"

penology collapse: the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation

diminishing collapse: becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"

retributive collapse: given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice"

disciplinary collapse: relating to a specific field of academic study; "economics in its modern disciplinary sense"; relating to discipline in behavior; "disciplinary problems in the classroom"

crushing collapse: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"

relaxing collapse: affording or marked by rest or repose; "the time spent was pleasant and relaxing"; "a restful night"; "a cool and reposeful glen"

punishing collapse: resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"

corrective collapse: a device for treating injury or disease; tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses"; designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"

nemesis collapse: (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance

retribution collapse: the act of correcting for your wrongdoing; a justly deserved penalty

lesson collapse: a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for today"; a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"

easing collapse: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"; a change for the better

correction collapse: the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right; treatment of a specific defect; "the correction of his vision with eye glasses"; a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; "market runups are invariably followed by a correction"; something substituted for an error; a rebuke for making a mistake; a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure

penalty collapse: (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game; the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty"; a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

softening collapse: the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat"

judgment collapse: the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"; (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it; the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions; the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions; an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"

scourge collapse: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor); punish severely; excoriate

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