to take away (an amount or part) (from a bill, wage etc)

take away or out; reduce

to take away the right of (a person) to send a representative to parliament or the right to vote for a parliamentary representative

be unfit for; be ineligible

to state a person as unsuitable or unable

be unfit for; be ineligible

to become gradually less or smaller

waste away; taper off

to prevent (a person) (from getting in somewhere)

expel, forbid

(to cause something) to become gradually narrower towards one end; a length of string with a covering of wax, burnt to give a light

decrease