reduction (n.)
- abasement
- abatement
- abbreviation
- about-face
- abridgment
- abstract
- acidification
- addition
- agio
- alchemy
- alleviation
- allowance
- analgesia
- anesthesia
- apocope
- appeasement
- approximation
- assimilation
- assuagement
- assumption
- astringency
- attenuation
- attrition
- bottleneck
- break
- breakage
- breaking
- bump
- bust
- calming
- carbonation
- catalysis
- cervix
- change
- circumscription
- coarctation
- compaction
- compression
- concavity
- concentration
- concession
- condensation
- conquering
- consolidation
- conspectus
- constriction
- contraction
- contracture
- conversion
- crushing
- curtailment
- cut
- cutting
- dampening
- de-escalation
- deadening
- debasement
- debilitation
- decline
- decrease
- decrement
- deduction
- deflation
- degradation
- demotion
- depletion
- depreciation
- depression
- derogation
- descent
- detraction
- devaluation
- devitalization
- differentiation
- dilution
- diminuendo
- diminution
- dip
- discount
- disparagement
- dive
- division
- domestication
- drawback
- ducking
- dying
- ease
- easement
- easing
- electrolysis
- elision
- ellipsis
- enervation
- enfeeblement
- epitome
- equation
- evisceration
- evolution
- exhaustion
- extenuation
- extraction
- extrapolation
- fatigue
- ferment
- fermentation
- flip-flop
- growth
- hollowness
- hourglass
- humiliation
- hushing
- hydrogenation
- impairment
- inanition
- integration
- interpolation
- inversion
- involution
- isomerism
- isthmus
- kickback
- knitting
- lapse
- leniency
- lessening
- letdown
- letup
- lightening
- loosening
- lowering
- miniaturization
- mitigation
- modulation
- mollification
- multiplication
- narrowing
- naturalization
- neck
- notation
- oxidation
- oxidization
- pacification
- palliation
- passage
- penalty
- percentage
- plummet
- plunge
- polymerization
- practice
- precis
- premium
- progress
- proportion
- quelling
- re-formation
- rebate
- recap
- recapitulation
- refund
- relaxation
- relief
- remedy
- remission
- resolution
- retraction
- retrenchment
- reversal
- rollback
- sag
- salvage
- setoff
- shift
- shortening
- shrinkage
- simplicity
- sinking
- slackening
- slash
- slump
- softening
- solidification
- strangulation
- striction
- stricture
- submergence
- subtraction
- summary
- summation
- suppression
- switch
- syncope
- synopsis
- systole
- tare
- tempering
- thinning
- transformation
- transit
- transition
- truncation
- volte-face
- weakening
- working
- write-off