Synonym: abate, decline, decrease, diminish, lessen, recede, reduce, subside. Antonym: wax. Similar words: want, wanna, wander, wanton, swanky, now and then, wanting, wanderlust. Meaning: [weɪn] 
n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number). v. 1. grow smaller 2. become smaller 3. decrease in phase.
n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number). v. 1. grow smaller 2. become smaller 3. decrease in phase. 
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1. While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.
2. When did the empire begin to wane?
3. Their political power is on the wane.
4. Her initial enthusiasm was clearly beginning to wane.
5. The moon is on the wane.
6. Her enthusiasm for him was beginning to wane.
7. Her interest in the project is on the wane.
8. The group's influence had begun to wane by this time.
9. In 1982, with his career prospects on the wane, he sold a script for ￡5,000.
10. Violent crime appears to be on the wane in the capital.
11. Her popularity has been on the wane for some time.
12. The smile was beginning to wane.
13. When girls hit adolescence, their self-confidence begins to wane.
14. Gonzales' power was on the wane.
15. Enthusiasm for it tends to wane during economic recessions.
16. His popularity in the state began to wane almost immediately after the election.
17. The event coincided with New Zealand on the wane and Grant Fox paying the inevitable penalty.
18. The Bill's initial popularity began to wane after an intense media barrage of highly critical commercials.
19. With violence appearing to be on the wane at the moment, he may well be right that the future looks bright.
20. By the late seventies the band's popularity was beginning to wane.
21. There are signs that support for the party is on the wane.
22. By the 5th century,[sentencedict.com] the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
23. Like every star before her Kylie was painfully aware that her fame and popularity could wane literally overnight.
24. At the time, the hobby had been on the wane for years.
25. Over the years, there have been fundamental shifts in policy and strategy as attitudes toward the rural poor wax and wane.
26. Is it present constantly, does the sensation wax and wane, or does it come in acute attacks?
27. Nevertheless, its reception was mixed, and interest began to wane with the death of Bishop Wilkins in 1672.
28. However, his opponents are convinced that even in true-blue East Hampshire Tory popularity is on the wane.
29. Ten years earlier, that might have been a good move, but now Chess was on the wane.
30. Top: The excitement of a new pond will quickly wane if it turns into a disaster area overnight.