Wane - Definition

n 1: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
[syn: ebb, ebbing, wane]
v 1: grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" [syn:
decline, go down, wane]
2: become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned" [ant: climb,
mount, rise, wax]
3: decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" [ant: full, wax]