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Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars..

Batement :: Batement (n.) Abatement; diminution.

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Diminution.

Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop..

Full :: Full (adv.) Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses..

Stupor :: Stupor (n.) Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.

Perdition :: Perdition (n.) Loss of diminution.

Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.

Degradation :: Degradation (n.) Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration..

Remission :: Remission (n.) Diminution of intensity; abatement; relaxation.

Atrophy :: Atrophy (n.) A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.

Diminutival :: Diminutival (a.) Indicating diminution; diminutive.

Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health..

Detumescence :: Detumescence (n.) Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.

Consumption :: Consumption (n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay..

Meiosis :: Meiosis (n.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is..

Diminution :: Diminution (n.) 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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