deflation (n.)
- abasement
- abatement
- abridgment
- alleviation
- attenuation
- break
- breakdown
- collapse
- comedown
- contraction
- crash
- cropper
- cut
- dampening
- debasement
- decline
- decrease
- decrement
- deduction
- depreciation
- depression
- descent
- devaluation
- diminution
- disgrace
- dive
- downfall
- dump
- dying
- embarrassment
- extenuation
- fall
- humiliation
- implosion
- lessening
- letdown
- letup
- lowering
- miniaturization
- mitigation
- mortification
- plummet
- plunge
- pratfall
- prostration
- put-down
- reduction
- relaxation
- sag
- self-abasement
- self-abnegation
- shame
- shamefacedness
- simplicity
- slash
- slump
- smash
- stumble
- subtraction
- tailspin
- tumble
- weakening