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What is the noun for wanes?

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wane
  1. A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
  2. The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
  3. (literary) The end of a period.
  4. (woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. ebb, decrease, decline, drop, lessening, diminution, abatement, dwindling, shrinkage, waning, diminishing, weakening, deterioration, slackening, recession, degeneration, decay, subsiding, easing, sinking, depreciation, flagging, subsidence, de-escalation, dying down, dying away, petering out, dying out, fading away, fall, diminishment, falloff, reduction, decrement, loss, drop-off, downturn, ebbing, lowering, contraction, depletion, dent, fading, falling off, step down, moderation, slump, plunge, dive, declining … more
wanion
  1. (obsolete) The wane of the moon.
  2. (obsolete) Curse.
  3. (obsolete) Vengeance (in the phrases in a wanion, with a wanion, “with a vengeance”).
waning
  1. The fact or act of becoming less or less intense.
  2. The fact or act of becoming smaller.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. moderation, easing, lessening, reduction, abatement, diminution, decrease, alleviation, mitigation, slackening, weakening, relief, decline, palliation, lightening, assuagement, relaxation, softening, allaying, soothing, ebb, modification, pacification, contraction, diminishing, quelling, placation, mollification, tempering, attenuation, deadening, dulling, cushioning, modulation, subsidence, calming, appeasement, remission, damping, extenuation, stilling, let-up, easing off, tailing off, dwindling, dying down, wane, ebbing, petering out, subsiding … more
wanness
  1. The state of being wan; pallor.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. paleness, pastiness, sallowness, colorlessness, pallidity, lightness, whiteness, pallor, pallidness, milkiness, anaemia, anemia, fairness, colourlessness, ashen hue, lack of colour, hoariness, white, weakness, faintness, dullness, dimness, indistinctness, lowness, muffledness, mutedness, feebleness, low intensity … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Since that little cloud was dispelled all the temporary waste and wanness have vanished.”
      “Then he took the perfumed linen sheet, wrapped it round him as a mantle, and turned away, to the wanness of the chill dawn.”
      “There was a wanness, a heaviness of aspect, that made him look ten years older.”
wane
  1. (chiefly Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) A house or dwelling.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ebb, decrease, decline, drop, lessening, diminution, abatement, dwindling, shrinkage, waning, diminishing, weakening, deterioration, slackening, recession, degeneration, decay, subsiding, easing, sinking, depreciation, flagging, subsidence, de-escalation, dying down, dying away, petering out, dying out, fading away, fall, diminishment, falloff, reduction, decrement, loss, drop-off, downturn, ebbing, lowering, contraction, depletion, dent, fading, falling off, step down, moderation, slump, plunge, dive, declining … more
waniand
  1. (obsolete) The wane of the Moon.
wane
  1. (Scotland, slang) A child.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ebb, decrease, decline, drop, lessening, diminution, abatement, dwindling, shrinkage, waning, diminishing, weakening, deterioration, slackening, recession, degeneration, decay, subsiding, easing, sinking, depreciation, flagging, subsidence, de-escalation, dying down, dying away, petering out, dying out, fading away, fall, diminishment, falloff, reduction, decrement, loss, drop-off, downturn, ebbing, lowering, contraction, depletion, dent, fading, falling off, step down, moderation, slump, plunge, dive, declining … more
wannesses
  1. plural of wanness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. palenesses, pastiness, sallowness, colorlessness, pallidities, lightnesses, whitenesses, pallors, pallidness, milkinesses, anemiae, fairnesses, colourlessness, hoarinesses, whites, weaknesses, faintnesses, dullnesses, dimnesses, indistinctnesses, lownesses, muffledness, feeblenesses … more
wanings
  1. plural of waning
  2. Synonyms:
      3. moderation, easings, lessenings, reduction, abatements, diminutions, decrease, alleviations, mitigation, slackenings, weakening, relief, decline, palliations, lightenings, assuagements, relaxation, softenings, allayings, soothings, ebbs, modification, pacifications, contractions, diminishings, quellings, placations, mollifications, temperings, attenuations, deadenings, modulation, subsidence, appeasement, remission, dampings, extenuation, stillings, let-ups, ebbings, wanes, subsidings, de-escalation, shrinkage, slowings, fadings, fades, falls, discounts, diminishments … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses.”
      “This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses, while the shadow of this sinful mass hides her beauty from the world.”
      “Soothed again, but only soothed to deeper gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat.”
wanions
  1. plural of wanion
wanes
  1. plural of wane
  2. Synonyms:
      3. ebbs, decrease, decline, drops, lessenings, diminutions, abatements, shrinkage, wanings, diminishings, weakening, deterioration, slackenings, recession, degeneration, decay, subsidings, easings, sinkings, depreciation, flaggings, subsidence, de-escalation, falls, diminishments, falloffs, loss, decrements, drop-offs, reduction, downturns, lowerings, contractions, ebbings, fadings, depletions, dents, plunges, crashes, nosedives, slumps, slowings, relaxation, failings, tumbles, cutbacks, downticks, fades, attenuations, dives … more
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