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exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, pip out

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

fade, fade out

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

lessen, subside

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

leave, depart

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

pall, die, become flat

v. lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"

ebb

v. flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

lapse

v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

pass, lapse, go by, go along, elapse, glide by, slip away, slide by, slip by

v. pass by; "three years elapsed"

pass, work, airt, make one's way, work one's way

v. go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"

withdraw, bow out

v. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

leave, exit, go out, get out

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

retire, go into retirement

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

die down, die back

v. suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back"

weaken, become weak, die down, get weak, get weaker

v. become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

come into existence, be born

v. come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"

come through, make it, pull through, survive

v. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

start, begin, commence, set about, set out, start out

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

revive, come to, regain consciousness

v. return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, become better

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

wear, hold out, endure

v. last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"

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