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lessenverb to make smaller in amount, volume, or extentwe lessened our efforts as it became clear they weren't having an effect abate, de-escalate, decrease, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lower, reduce compress, condense, constrict, contractabbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittledeflate, shrinkminimizemoderate, modify, modulate, qualify aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swellelongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protractadd (to), complement, supplementenhance, heighten, intensifyredouble to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallythe pain should begin to lessen within minutes of taking the medication abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down)also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane compress, condense, constrict, contractevaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanishslacken, slow (down)alleviate, relaxflag, sink, weakencave (in), collapse, deflate accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon(also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax appear, emerge, show upblow up, distend, elongate, lengthen to lower in character, dignity, or qualityblatant hypocrisy that lessened him in the eyes of the voters abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp befoul, begrime, contaminate, defile, dilute, dirty, pollute, taint, thin, water down, weakendescenddisgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame, take downblemish, damage, deface, destroy, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, mar, ruin, spoil, stain, tarnish, wreckdepreciate, downgrade elevate, ennoble, uplift dignify, exalt, honorameliorate, amend, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfectclarify, clean, cleanse, purify, refine, restorerespect decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, abate, dwindle mean to grow or make less.decrease suggests a progressive decline in size, amount, numbers, or intensity.slowly decreased the amount of pressure lessen suggests a decline in amount rather than in number.has been unable to lessen her debt diminish emphasizes a perceptible loss and implies its subtraction from a total.his visual acuity has diminished reduce implies a bringing down or lowering.you must reduce your caloric intake abate implies a reducing of something excessive or oppressive in force or amount.the storm abated dwindle implies progressive lessening and is applied to things growing visibly smaller.their provisions dwindled slowly in the 14th century |