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• Becomes less jammed, as traffic
• Diminishes
• Greases the wheels for, say
• Flows back, as the tide
• Dulls, as pain
• Relieves, as pain
• Moves slowly and carefully
• Becomes less severe
• Flows out
• Eases off
• Mollifies
• Fades out
• Shows mercy
• Becomes less active
• Retrocedes