decrement

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Decrement -- N. decrement, discount, defect, loss, deduction; afterglow; eduction†; waste.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Decrement, dek′re-ment, n. the act or state of decreasing: the quantity lost by decrease.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various