settling

The act of one who or that which settles, in any sense of that word.

plural Lees; dregs; sediment.

Reconciliation.

The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one’s self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.

That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.

a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market.

Present participle of settle.

Dregs; sediment.

a gradual sinking to a lower level