All augmentation antonyms

noun augmentation

• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• lessening — to become less.
• reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
• stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
• loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
• compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
• contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
• shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
• shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
• subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
• degradation — You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.