Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun slippage

3 senses of slippage

Sense 1
slippage -- (a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping)
       => decrease, decrement -- (a process of becoming smaller or shorter)

Sense 2
slippage -- (decline from a standard level of performance or achievement)
       => decline, diminution -- (change toward something smaller or lower)

Sense 3
slippage -- (failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage")
       => motion, movement, move -- (the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path")