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Adjective decreasing fading falling reducing abating declining depreciating diminishing dropping dwindling ebbing lightening lowering moderating narrowing plummeting plunging quieting sagging shrinking sinking slackening slowing slumping softening subsiding waning wasting weakening dying down fading away losing momentum shriveling up wearing down wearing off Noun Reduction or decrease decline decrease reduction contraction diminution dwindling ebbing erosion shrinkage waning weakening let-up moderation slackening abatement curtailment de-escalation minimization slowing down deduction detraction discount petering out subtraction taking away Verb Present participle for to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually decreasing diminishing abating dwindling declining moderating shrinking contracting subsiding falling ebbing fading growing less letting up lightening waning dropping dropping off easing eroding receding relenting remitting slackening tapering off attenuating easing off getting less growing smaller tailing off de-escalating desisting dying down dying off dropping away flagging lowering palling quietening sinking tapering weakening coming down going down nosediving petering out plummeting plummetting slumping wasting away abridging amputating clipping closing cropping cutting draining draining away falling away impairing minifying phasing down ratcheting down soft-pedalling soft-pedaling thinning becoming smaller cutting back rolling back slacking up slowing down winding down dying away dying out taking the bite out taking the sting out “The attention she gives him will certainly lessen once the baby is born.” Verb Present participle for to make or become less reducing decreasing easing lowering minimisingUK minimizingUS moderating relaxing diminishing narrowing allaying alleviating assuaging attenuating blunting curtailing deadening dulling eroding palliating weakening checking dampening de-escalating depressing diluting making less making smaller mitigating softening abating degrading denting depleting discounting downscaling downsizing dropping dwindling impairing mollifying pruning taming tempering abridging dialing down lightening slashing toning down truncating knocking down paring down taking the edge off winding down “They diminish our humanity and, for that reason, they lessen our capacity for God.” Verb Present participle for to lower in character, dignity, or quality abasing bastardisingUK bastardizingUS cankering cheapening corrupting debasing debauching degrading demeaning demoralisingUK demoralizingUS depraving deteriorating perverting poisoning profaning prostituting subverting vitiating warping “… blatant hypocrisy that lessened him in the eyes of the voters.” Verb Present participle for to make less degrading diminishing discrediting lowering minimisingUK minimizingUS reducing belittling devaluing humbling Find more words! 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Sentences with the word lessening Words that rhyme with lessening What is the plural of lessening? What is the adjective for lessening? What is the adverb for lessening? What is the noun for lessening? What is another word for lessen? Use our Synonym Finder Watch and Learn Nearby Words lessening by fifty per cent lessenings lessening the impact of lessening the labour of lessens lessens by fifty per cent lessened the labour of lessened the impact of lessened by fifty per cent lessened lessen by fifty per cent lessen 9-letter Words Starting With l le les less lesse lessen lesseni lessenin