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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
lessening
n 1: a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature
as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in
sales" [syn: decrease, lessening, drop-off] [ant:
increase]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Lessen \Less"en\ (l[e^]s"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lessened
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lessening.] [From Less, a.]
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to
diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a
population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
[1913 Webster]
Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy.
[1913 Webster]
St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men
conspired to lessen it. --Atterbury.
Syn: To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower; impair;
weaken; degrade.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
lessening \lessening\ adj.
becoming less in dimension or degree; as, the lessening
distance between us.
[WordNet 1.5]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
lessening \lessening\ n.
a change downward; a decrease; a reduction.
Syn: decrease, drop-off.
[WordNet 1.5]
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Thesaurus Results for Lessening:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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 |
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