Subsidence Definition & Meaning

subsidence
noun
  1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
  2. a gradual sinking to a lower level
  3. the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

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