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Lessening

Lessening Meaning & Definition
Lessening Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lessening?

[n] a change downward; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
[adj] becoming less in dimension or degree; "the lessening distance between us"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lessening: decrease | decreasing | drop-off

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lessening: abatement | abating | abridgment | allaying | allayment | alleviating | alleviation | analgesia | anesthesia | anesthetizing | appeasement | assuagement | assuaging | attenuation | attrition | blunting | calming | chastening | contraction | contractive | curtailment | cushioning | cut | cutting | dampening | damping | deadening | declining | decrease | decreasing | decrement | decrescence | decrescendo | decrescent | deduction | deflation | deliquescent | demulsion | depletion | depreciation | depression | derogation | detraction | diminishing | diminishment | diminuendo | diminution | dip | disparagement | dulcification | dulling | dwindling | dying | dying off | ease | easement | easing | extenuation | extraction | fade-out | falling-off | hushing | impairment | languishing | languishment | leniency | letdown | letup | lightening | loosening | lowering | lulling | miniaturization | mitigating | mitigation | modulation | mollification | numbing | on the wane | pacification | palliation | quietening | quieting | reducing | reduction | reductive | relaxation | relaxing | relief | remedy | remission | retraction | retrenchment | sagging | salving | scaling down | shortening | shrinkage | simplicity | slackening | softening | soothing | subduement | subduing | subsiding | subtraction | tempering | tranquilization | truncation | waning | weakening

See Also | alteration | attrition | casualty | change | dwindling | dwindling away | modification | shrinkage | shrinking | sinking | waning

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