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slippage: failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage"; a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping; decline from a standard level of performance or achievement

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glissando collapse: a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale; (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please"

glissade collapse: (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet; perform a glissade, in ballet

depravation collapse

subsidence collapse

skid collapse: an unexpected slide; one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects; move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"; slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"; apply a brake or skid to; elevate onto skids

decadence collapse

downward trend collapse

derogation collapse: (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"

demotion collapse: act of lowering in rank or position

involution collapse: the action of enfolding something; a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction; reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)

downturn collapse: a worsening of business or economic activity; "the market took a downturn"

retrogression collapse

slither collapse: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

landslide collapse: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff; an overwhelming electoral victory; "Roosevelt defeated Hoover in a landslide"

degeneration collapse: passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form; the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

avalanche collapse: a sudden appearance of an overwhelming number of things; "the program brought an avalanche of mail"; a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain; gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

regression collapse: returning to a former state; the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x); (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

deterioration collapse: process of changing to an inferior state; a symptom of reduced quality or strength

declension collapse: a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin"; the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

comedown collapse: decline to a lower status or level

fading collapse

depreciation collapse: a decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen"; decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use

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