Musical term indicating that a passage is getting gradually softer (11)

I believe the answer is:

decrescendo

(Other definitions for decrescendo that I've seen before include "With decreasing loudness (mus.)" , "Reduction in loudness" , "decline" , "Reduction in sound volume" , "Decrease in loudness (music)" .)

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