Related Clues:

• Dwindled away
• Maneuvered gently
• Went back, as a tide
• Made less strenuous
• Relieved, granted tenure -- but not at first
• Moved carefully, rented without liability initially
• Happy scratching place making you relieved
• Relieved and satisfied to be losing place
• Be back at bottom (experienced recession)
• Flowed out, as the tide
• Mollified, stopped to let Charlie out
• Made smoother
• Reduced, as tensions
• Relieved being let out without cap
• Receded like the tide