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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
lessening \lessening\ adj.
becoming less in dimension or degree; as, the lessening
distance between us.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
lessening \lessening\ n.
a change downward; a decrease; a reduction.
Syn: decrease, drop-off.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
lessening
n : a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature
as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in
sales" [syn: decrease, drop-off] [ant: increase]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lessening
n.
A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
vb.
(present participle of en lessen nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
lessening
n.
A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
vb.
(present participle of en lessen nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
lessening
n.
A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
vb.
(present participle of en lessen nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
lessening
n.
A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
vb.
(present participle of en lessen nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lessening
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm l essen ing)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
lessening
Engelska a.
(avledning en lessen ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb lessen)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Lessening /lˈɛsənɪŋ/ التقليلFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
lessening /lˈɛsənɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]zmenšení
lessening /lˈɛsənɪŋ/ verkleinernd, vermindernd, verringernd see: lessen, lessenedFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
lessening /lˈɛsənɪŋ/
sich vermindernd
Synonyms: dwindling, easing off
see: dwindle, lessen, ease off, dwindled, lessened, eased off
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]lessening /lˈɛsənɪŋ/ που λιγοστεύειFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɫɛsənɪŋ/
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "lessening":
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