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Retrench :: Retrench (v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow..

Abridge :: Abridge (v. t.) To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights..

Amenuse :: Amenuse (v. t.) To lessen.

Alleviate :: Alleviate (v. t.) To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate..

Contract :: Contract (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action..

Derogation :: Derogation (n.) The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to..

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway..

Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

Lessen :: Lessen (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..

Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

Depreciate :: Depreciate (v. t.) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.

Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease..

Minify :: Minify (v. t.) To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen..

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

Depreciation :: Depreciation (n.) The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation..

Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..

Detraction :: Detraction (n.) The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny..

Diminution :: Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement..

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..

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