#dampening

• Amortization — The act of amortizing and its result. In economics, it represents the process of phased recovery of a fixed asset's value by periodically transferring a quota-share to operating expenses, or the scheduled payoff of a debt. In physics and engineering, it defines the progressive reduction, dampening, or cancellation of the intensity of an oscillation, mechanical shock, or noise through kinetic energy absorption.
• Attenuation — The act of attenuating and its result; the progressive reduction of the intensity, force, volume, amplitude, or severity of a physical phenomenon, pain, signal, or conflict. In telecommunications and physics, it represents the power loss of an electromagnetic or acoustic wave as it passes through a medium, while in a legal context, it refers to the mitigation of guilt or punishment.