n. 25B6; verb
the tide ebbed : RECEDE, go out, retreat, flow back, fall back/away, subside.
his courage began to ebb : DIMINISH, dwindle, wane, fade away, peter out, decline, flag, let up, decrease, weaken, disappear.
increase.
25B6; noun
the ebb of the tide : RECEDING, retreat, subsiding.
the ebb of the fighting : ABATEMENT, subsiding, easing, dying down, de-escalation, decrease, decline, diminution.