adjective. Becoming less and less; diminishing.

adjective. a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.

verb. Present participle of decrease.

adjective. music

adjective. becoming less or smaller

"In an e-mail message on Friday to the bar's membership, its president, Robert J. Grey Jr., said lawyers and others who work with the law needed to respond to what he described as decreasing respect for the courts."

allargando  calando  decrescendo  depreciating  depreciative  

ceasing  fleecing  greasing  increasing  leasing  

diminishing  

decrease