SUBSIDENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subsidence mean? 

• SUBSIDENCE (noun)
  The noun SUBSIDENCE has 3 senses:

1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

2. a gradual sinking to a lower level

3. the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

  Familiarity information: SUBSIDENCE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSIDENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

remission; remittal; subsidence

Context example:

his cancer is in remission

Hypernyms ("subsidence" is a kind of...):

abatement; hiatus; reprieve; respite; suspension (an interruption in the intensity or amount of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subsidence"):

resolution (the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung))

Derivation:

subside (wear off or die down)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A gradual sinking to a lower level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

settling; subsidence; subsiding

Hypernyms ("subsidence" is a kind of...):

sinking (a descent as through liquid (especially through water))

Derivation:

subside (sink to a lower level or form a depression)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

cave in; subsidence

Hypernyms ("subsidence" is a kind of...):

collapse (a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in)

Derivation:

subside (sink to a lower level or form a depression)

 Context examples 

Return to the normal structure and/or function, e.g. the subsidence of a pathologic process, as the subsidence of an inflammatory lesion or new growth.

(Physiologic Resolution, NCI Thesaurus)