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All deceleration synonyms

de·cel·er·ate
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noun deceleration

  • stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
  • drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
  • strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
  • slackening — an act of becoming looser
  • downtrend — a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
  • drop-off — a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
  • decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • falloff — a decline in quantity, vigor, etc.
  • stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
  • retardation — the act of retarding or state of being retarded.
  • arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
  • freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
  • slack — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
  • inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
  • slow-up — a delay or retardation in progress or activity; slowdown.
  • braking — the act or process of slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction
  • checking — the process of making sure that something is correct or satisfactory
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