attrition (n.)

• abatement
• ablation
• abrasion
• abrasive
• absorption
• assimilation
• atomization
• attenuation
• beating
• bitterness
• chafe
• chafing
• consumption
• contriteness
• contrition
• corrosion
• crushing
• curtailment
• cut
• cutting
• deadening
• debilitation
• decrease
• decrement
• depletion
• depreciation
• derogation
• detraction
• detrition
• devitalization
• digestion
• dilution
• diminution
• dip
• disintegration
• disparagement
• dissipation
• dissolution
• drain
• dressing
• enervation
• enfeeblement
• erasure
• erosion
• evisceration
• exhaustion
• expending
• expenditure
• extenuation
• extraction
• fatigue
• filing
• finishing
• fragmentation
• granulation
• grating
• grazing
• grief
• grinding
• impairment
• impoverishment
• inanition
• ingestion
• lessening
• limation
• loss
• mashing
• mitigation
• penance
• polishing
• pounding
• rasping
• reduction
• regret
• regrets
• relaxation
• remission
• remorse
• repentance
• retraction
• retrenchment
• rue
• ruth
• scouring
• scrape
• scraping
• scratch
• scratching
• scrub
• scrubbing
• scuff
• shame
• shamefacedness
• shamefulness
• shining
• shortening
• shrinkage
• slackening
• smashing
• softening
• sorriness
• sorrow
• spending
• squandering
• thinning
• truncation
• wastage
• waste
• wastefulness
• weakening
• wear
• wistfulness