noun. The act or process of decreasing or becoming gradually less.

noun. The amount lost by gradual diminution or waste.

noun. The amount by which a variable is decreased; a negative increment.

noun. The act or state of decreasing; the becoming gradually less; lessening; waste.

noun. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; specifically, in mathematics, the small part by which a variable quantity becomes less and less.

noun. In heraldry, the condition of waning: said of the moon. It is represented by turning the horns of the crescent toward the sinister side. Also called detriment.

noun. In crystallography, a successive diminution of the layers of molecules applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which the secondary forms are hypothetically produced.

noun. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

noun. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.

noun. A name given by Haüy to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced.

noun. The quantity by which a variable is diminished.

noun. The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of those dying in a year to those living through the year is constant, being independent of the age of the persons.

noun. A small quantity removed or lost. One of a series of regular subtractions.

verb. To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.

noun. the amount by which something decreases

noun. a process of becoming smaller or shorter

"As regards the second argument -- the argument based on what is called the decrement -- has any one ever heard of any system of taxation which is run upon those lines?"

increment  

equal decrement of life  logarithmic decrement  

Suff.  abatement  accu  adiposity  amortisation  

abatement  ablation  abridgment  alleviation  attenuation  

decremented  decrements