Defervescence

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Defervescence \De`fer*ves"cence\, Defervescency
  \De`fer*ves"cency\, n. [L. defervescere to grow cool.]
     1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat;
        lukewarmness.
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              A defervescency in holy actions.      --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. (Med.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage
        of defervescence in pneumonia.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  defervescence
       n : abatement of a fever