ebb suggests the receding of something (such as the tide) that commonly comes and goes.

Idiom ebb and flow (Definition of ebb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

noun the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (flood, flow ). a flowing backward or away; decline or decay. the ebb of a once great nation. a point of decline. His fortunes were …

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ebb: The receding or outgoing tide, occurring between the time when the tide is highest and the time when the following tide is lowest.

ebb (ɛb) n. 1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea. 2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay. 3. a point or state of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb.

ebb verb [I] (SEA) When the tide ebbs, the sea flows away from the land. (Definition of ebb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. ...the spring ebb tide. We decided …