Related Clues:

• Periods of decline
• Draws back
• Subsides, as the tide
• Decreases
• Tapers off
• Pulls away
• Shrinks back
• Moves like the tide
• Goes out, as the tide
• Moderates
• Pulls back, as water
• Falls away
• Weakens, as support
• Draws away from shore
• Flows back, as a tide