lessening

  • 61remission — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. annulment, cancellation; pardon, forgiveness; suspension, respite, abatement. See payment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An alleviation] Syn. abatement, lessening, release; see reduction 1 , relief 1 . 2.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 62diminution — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lessening, decrease, alleviation; see reduction 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. lessening, reduction, decrease, lowering, shrinkage, decline, weakening, depreciation, slackening, abatement. ANT.: growth, expansion,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 63weaken — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become weaker] Syn. lessen, lose, decrease, relapse, soften, relax, droop, fail, wane, crumble, halt, limp, languish, fade, decline, abate, totter, tremble, flag, faint, wilt, lose spirit, become disheartened, fail in… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 64Nonincrease — (Roget s Thesaurus) Decrease < N PARAG:Nonincrease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 decrease decrease diminution Sgm: N 1 lessening lessening &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 subtraction subtraction &c. 38 Sgm: N 1 reduction reduction abatement …

    English dictionary for students

  • 65Contraction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Contraction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 contraction contraction reduction diminution Sgm: N 1 decrease decrease &c. 36 of size Sgm: N 1 defalcation defalcation decrement Sgm: N 1 lessening …

    English dictionary for students

  • 66decongestion — n. lessening of congestion, lessening of a surplus …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 67decongestions — n. lessening of congestion, lessening of a surplus …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 68decreasing — adj. lessening; diminishing de·crease || diː kriːs n. decline; reduction, lessening v. reduce, lessen; decline …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 69lessen — /ˈlɛsən / (say lesuhn) verb (i) 1. to become less. –verb (t) 2. to make less. 3. to represent as less; depreciate; disparage. {less + en1} –lessening, noun –lessening, adjective …

  • 70relaxation — [rē΄lak sā′shən] n. [L relaxatio < pp. of relaxare] 1. a relaxing or being relaxed; loosening, lessening of severity, etc. 2. a) a lessening of or rest from work, worry, or effort b) recreation or other activity for bringing this about …

    English World dictionary