ebb suggests the receding of something (such as the tide) that commonly comes and goes.

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noun the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (flood, flow ). a flowing backward or away; decline or decay. the ebb of a once great nation. a point of decline. His fortunes were …

Idiom ebb and flow (Definition of ebb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Definition of ebb noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. ...the spring ebb tide. We decided …