1. decrease - Noun
2. decrease - Verb
To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
The wane of the moon.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPoverty consists not in the decrease in one's possessions, but in the increase in one's greed. Plato
He does not show humility who accuses himself (for who will not accept rebukes from himself?), but he who, being rebuked by another, does not decrease his love toward him. John Climacus
He must increase, but I must decrease. John the Baptist
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. Bruce Lee
A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. French Proverb
Free things decrease one's intelligence. Burundi Proverb