1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fade.

2. (a.) Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor.

3. (n.) Loss of color, freshness, or vigor.

4. (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.

achromatization aging atmospherics blackout blanching blaring blasting bleach bleaching blind spot blocking brittle capricious changeable comedown coming apart corruptible cracking crawling creeping crumbling debasement decadence decadency decadent deciduous declension declination decline declining decoloration decolorization decolorizing deformation degeneracy degenerate degenerateness degeneration degradation dematerialization demotion departure depravation depravedness depreciation derogation descent deteriorating deterioration devolution diminishing disappearance disappearing discoloration disintegrating dispersion dissipation dissolution dissolving doting downtrend downturn downward mobility downward trend draining drift drooping drop dwindling dying ebb ebbing eclipse effete effeteness elimination ephemeral erasure etiolation evanescence evanescent evaporating evaporation extinction fade-out fadeaway fadeout failing failure failure of nerve fall falling falling-off fickle flagging fleeting flitting fly-by-night flying fragile fragmenting frail fugacious fugitive getting on going going to pieces growing old impermanent impetuous impulsive inconstant insubstantial interference involution languishing lapse lightening loss of tone madder bleach marcescent market bleach melting momentary mortal mutable noise nondurable nonpermanent occultation paling passing perishable pining receding reception regression regressive retiring retreating retrocession retrogradation retrograde retrogression retrogressive senescent short-lived shrinking shriveling sinking sliding slippage slipping slump slumping static subsiding tabetic temporal temporary transient transitive transitory undurable unenduring unstable vanishing vanishing point volatile wane waning wasting whitening wilting wipe withering worsening