couching English

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couching noun

— The act of one who couches.

— (ophthalmology) An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.

— (textiles) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.

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subsidence

sinking

ruin

retrenchment

relegation

reduction to the ranks

reduction

pulling down

prolapse

lowering

humiliation

fall

failure

dropping

disrating

dip

diminishment

deterioration

destruction

descent

derogation

demotion

degradation

decrepitude

decrease

decay

cut

curtailment

adversity

abjectness

abjection

abatement

abasement