perfecting

advancing aging blossoming consummating developing evolving growing mellowing preparing sprouting sweetening

growing up

declining dying fading

accomplishing actualizing attaining completing consummating doing fulfilling performing reaching

civilizing clarifying cleaning cultivating distillation elevating focusing honing improving polishing purifying sharpening

advancement evolution expansion improvement increase progress

addition adulthood advance augmentation boost buildup chrysalis developing enlargement flowering hike maturation maturity ontogenesis ontogeny progression reinforcement ripening spread spreading unfolding

adding to advancing augmenting elaborating evolvement evolving increasing making progress maturing ongoing reinforcing unraveling upgrowth upping

decline decrease halt retreat retrogression stoppage

lessening reduction shrinkage stagnation withdrawal

flowering

addition adulthood advance advancement advancing augmentation augmenting boost buildup developing elaborating enlargement evolution evolving expansion growth hike improvement increase increasing maturation maturing maturity progress progression reinforcement reinforcing ripening spread spreading unraveling upping

adding to evolvement making progress ongoing upgrowth

decline decrease diminishment failure halt lessening loss reduction retreat retrogression shrinkage stagnation stop stoppage subtraction withdrawal