Slowing

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

  Slow \Slow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Slowing}.]
     To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay;
     as, to slow a steamer. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slowing
       n : a decrease in speed; "the deceleration of the arms race"
           [syn: {deceleration}, {retardation}] [ant: {acceleration}]