diminishment and weakening

to diminish and weaken

sickness / ill, sick

(slang) abnormal, mentally ill

decrease / decline / wear down

weak / weakness / slightly less than

(lengths of time) slightly less than / (proscribed) slightly more than

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend