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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Subsidence

/səb-sīd'-əns/ · Sub·sid·ence · IPA /ˈsʌbsɪdəns/
01 n. The act or process of subsiding.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of subsiding.
    “The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.” — Bp. Warburton.