maximisation

noun maximisation

• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
• shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.