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Definition of slippage

failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage"
a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
decline from a standard level of performance or achievement

Derivational Morphology: dislocate, luxate, splay, slip, drop off, drop away, fall away

Anagrams: spillage

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