| has gloss | (verb) become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
weaken |
| lexicalization | eng: weaken |
| subclass of | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
fall, decrease, diminish, lessen |
| has subclass | (verb) become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
attenuate |
| has subclass | (verb) become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
melt, disappear, evaporate |
| has subclass | (verb) become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"
die down |
| has subclass | (verb) lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
collapse |
| has subclass | (verb) become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
melt, fade |
| has subclass | (verb) wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
subside, lessen |
| has subclass | (verb) become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
blur, slur, dim |
| has subclass | (verb) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
pine away, waste, languish |
| has subclass | (verb) make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"
dull |
| has subclass | (verb) lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
pall |
| has subclass | (verb) become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
loose, relax, loosen |
| has subclass | (verb) become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
slacken |
| has subclass | (verb) become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
slow up, slow, slacken, slow down, slack |
| has subclass | (verb) lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"
wilt |