Remission
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A lessening of amount due, as in either work or money or intensity of a thing. A pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offense. An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease. Referring a case back to a lower (inferior) court of law.
Example sentence: The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
Subsidence
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The process of becoming less active or severeA sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation or seismic activity