Related Clues:

• Return to previous levels
• Tidal retreat
• Flow's counterpart
• Decline gradually, as a tide
• Drain away
• Flow back, as a tide
• Become less stern than intended
• Soften, grow less severe
• Subside like storm
• Lighten a burden or raise a seige
• Relax severity or opposition
• Make less tight, slacken
• Flow outwards
• Fall back, like the tide
• Assuage, ease