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Synonyms
ebb (ĕb)

[Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba.]

noun 

  1. Ebb tide.
  2. A period of decline or diminution: “Insistence upon rules of conduct marks the ebb of religious fervor” (Alfred North Whitehead)

intransitive verb: ebbed, ebb·ing, ebbs. 

  1. To fall back from the flood stage.
  2. To fall away or back; decline or recede. See synonyms at recede1