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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slacking off; gradual decrease |
| Synonyms: | arrest, deceleration, decline, delay, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, freeze, inactivity, retardation, slack, slackening, slow-up, stagnation, stoppage, strike |
| Antonyms: | breakthrough, increase, rise, speed-up |
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| Main Entry: | slack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | looseness, excess |
| Synonyms: | give, leeway, play, room, slackening, slow-up, slowdown |
| Antonyms: | rigidity, stiffness, tautness, tightness |
| Main Entry: | job action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work stoppage |
| Synonyms: | blue flu, industrial action, sick-in, slowdown, stickout, strike, tie-up, walkout |
| Main Entry: | blue flu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | staged sickout by police |
| Synonyms: | sick-in, sickout, slowdown |
| Main Entry: | decrement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decrease |
| Synonyms: | abatement, curtailment, cutback, decline, diminishment, diminution, lessening, reduction, slowdown, subtraction |
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| Concept: | [Thing deducted] Decrement. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
| Synonyms: |
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decrement, discount, defect, loss, deduction; afterglow; eduction; waste.
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| Antonyms: | adjunct |
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