The term is Ritardando.
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Assuming you meant Rallentando - It means a gradual slowing down.
decresendo is where the music becomes softer. It is an Italian word meaning growing softer. hope that helpedIt means gradually getting quieter (diminuendo means the same). Crescendo means gradually getting louder.
A cresendo is when start soft and work your way up. Actually, that's not exactly correct. Crescendo simply means to gradually get louder. You don't necessarily start soft, you get louder from whatever volume level you are currently playing.
adagio Ritardando ... the term 'adagio' is a tempo, not the act of slowing down.
it means that the director/drum major will tell you when to play the next note in that measure(s) and watch carefully because the director/drum major will tell you when to go back to regular time and rit is short for something i just forgot so instead of rit i say ritard