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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abatement, abridgment, allayment, alleviation, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, attenuation, attrition, blunting, calming, concavity, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutting, dampening, damping, de-escalation, deadening, debasement, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, degradation, demotion, demulsion, depletion, depreciation, depression, derogation, descent, detraction, detrusion, diminishment, dip, disparagement, ducking, dulcification, dulling, dying, dying off, ease, easement, easing, extenuation, extraction, fade-out, falling-off, hauling down, hollowness, hushing, impairment, languishment, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lowering, lulling, miniaturization, mitigation, modulation, mollification, numbing, pacification, palliation, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relief, remedy, remission, retraction, retrenchment, sagging, salving, scaling down, shortening, shrinkage, simplicity, sinking, slackening, softening, soothing, subduement, submergence, subtraction, tempering, thrusting under, tranquilization, truncation, weakening
Dictionary Results for diminution:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
diminution
    n 1: change toward something smaller or lower [syn: decline,
         diminution]
    2: the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually
       half the length of the original) [ant: augmentation]
    3: the act of decreasing or reducing something [syn: decrease,
       diminution, reduction, step-down] [ant: increase,
       step-up]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Diminution \Dim`i*nu"tion\, n. [L. diminutio, or perh. rather
   deminutio: cf. F. diminution. See Diminish.]
   1. The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less;
      state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or
      degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.
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   2. The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the
      state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in
      estimation; degradation; abasement.
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            The world's opinion or diminution of me. --Eikon
                                                  Basilike.
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            Nor thinks it diminution to be ranked
            In military honor next.               --Philips.
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   3. (Law) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.
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   4. (Mus.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a
      subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the
      subject itself.

   Syn: Decrease; decay; abatement; reduction; deduction;
        decrement.
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