'Lessening' definitions:
Definition of 'lessening'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Lessening'
From: 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]
Definition of 'lessening'
From: GCIDE
- lessening \lessening\ adj. becoming less in dimension or degree; as, the lessening distance between us. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'lessening'
From: GCIDE
- lessening \lessening\ n. a change downward; a decrease; a reduction.
- Syn: decrease, drop-off. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'lessening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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