Fade-away

Origin

From the verb phrase fade away.

Full definition of fade-away

Noun

1. A fading away.
• 2011, Chuck Eddy, Rock and Roll Always Forgets (page 265)To call this music bland is to ignore the down-the-drain vocal fade-aways, the extended sax sustains ...
• 2015, Gabriele Rippl, Handbook of Intermediality: Literature – Image – Sound – Music (page 558)Instead of using a theatre's large stage, the video works with close-ups, side shots, exaggerated silhouettes and fade-aways, which are more suitable for the television screen.