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What does lessen mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word lessen? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
  2. (intransitive) To become less.
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The court held that subsequent acts of repair should lessen the jury's final judgement about the reprehensibility of an act.
The proposed legislative proposals will do nothing to lessen that perception.
Inevitably, they saw less of each other, but that did not lessen his family's wariness.
Read what information is available and pick up some tips on how to lessen the risk to yourself.
Politicians from North and South redesigned popular sovereignty to lessen sectional tensions.
Right when we crest, that is the point we let off the throttle to lessen the impact and maintain control of the balance and pivot point.

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