Related Clues:

• Applies less pressure (with "up")
• Takes it slow
• Weakens or recedes
• Uncomplicates
• Tails off
• Flows partner
• ___ up (relaxes)
• Dies away
• Makes less taut
• Dwindles away
• Undergoes a recession
• Goes back out, as the tide
• Drops back
• Doesn't push, with "on"
• Abates, as a tide