WANING - Definition

Pronunciation:		w'eyning
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon" [adj] (of the moon) "after full moon comes the waning moon"

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	Antonyms:	waxing

	See Also:	decrease, drop-off, lessening

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Wan"ing\, n. The act or process of waning, or decreasing. This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses. --Bp. Hall.