subsidence Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Sub*sid"ence, Sub*sid"en*cy noun (Also<
  • Subsidence
  • Subsidency
)
Etymology
L. subsidens, -entis, p.pr. of subsidere. See Subside.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of subsiding.
    The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton.

Webster 1913