Gradual diminution or decrease; gradual wear or loss.

Gradual loss or diminution from use, wear and tear, decay or natural process. Now somewhat rare.

The action or process of decaying, wasting away, or wearing out; an instance of this. Obsolete.

Loss, waste, destruction by wasting away.

The process of gradually destroying something, or of wasting away.

Loss or diminution by use, decay, leakage, or the like.

Perishing, total wasting away.