Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a worsening of business or economic activity;
- Example: "the market took a downturn"[syn: downturn, downswing]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
downturn
n 1: a worsening of business or economic activity; "the market
took a downturn" [syn: downturn, downswing]