All maturation antonyms

noun maturation

• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
• lessening — to become less.
• reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
• shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
• withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
• stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
• blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
• abridgment — a shortened version of a written work
• compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
• loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
• destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
• abatement — Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it.
• diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• underdevelop — to develop (something) short of the required amount: to underdevelop film.
• nothing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
• nothingness — the state of being nothing.
• zero — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
• insignificance — the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.
• meaninglessness — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
• inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
• ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
• incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
• downfall — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
• imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
• childhood — A person's childhood is the period of their life when they are a child.
• youth — the condition of being young.
• impotence — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
• stupidity — the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
• incompleteness — not complete; lacking some part.
• minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
• forfeit — a fine; penalty.
• misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
• sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
• sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
• inferiority — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
• subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.