Habituation
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Decrease in Neural or Behavioral Responses with repeated presentation of a stimulus
Habituation decrease in behavioral response
Adaptation decrease in sensory receptor or neural response
I hold that habituation and adaptation are synonyms, although habituation tends to be bound with behavior and adaptation with sensory or neural responses.
Desensitization decrease response by gradual repeated exposure to stimulus
Drug Tolerance response decreases so that larger doses are required to achieve the same effect
Tachyphylaxis rapid development of drug tolerance
Decrease in Learned Responses
Extinction repeated presentation of CS without presentation of the US
Forgetting passage of time without presentation of the conditioned or unconditioned stimuli