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• s  gradually decreasing in tempo
• r  slowing down
  this passage should be played rallentando

• In music it is called rallentando, a gradual slackening of tempo, a winding down.
• A group clusters around the seats behind and plays a game of Jeopardy on a laptop computer -- in answer to which the candidate's press staff, quite justly, chants in rallentando .

• ritardando
• ritenuto
• rit.

News & Articles

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• Olympics-Alpine skiing-Mae adds another string to her bow
  By Alan Baldwin ROSA KHUTOR, Russia, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Violin virtuoso Vanessa Mae's Winter Olympic debut was more lento than presto on Tuesday, her rhythm more rallentando than accelerando as she completed the first leg of the Alpine skiing giant slalom. Her time of one minute 44.86 seconds was a considerable 26.98 seconds slower than Slovenia's Tina Maze, fastest down the 54-gate run on an ...
  Feb. 18, 2014 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports