1. (

• remission ,
• remittal ,
• subsidence ,

) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" ;

2. (

• settling ,
• subsiding ,
• subsidence

) a gradual sinking to a lower level ;

3. (

• cave_in ,
• subsidence ,

) the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it ;