Subsidency

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

  Subsidence \Sub*sid"ence\, Subsidency \Sub*sid"en*cy\, n. [L.
     subsidens, -entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See {Subside}.]
     The act or process of subsiding.
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           The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions.


                                                    --Bp.
                                                    Warburton.
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