verb
To grow less
decrease, diminish, dwindle, decline; see decrease 1.
To make less
decrease, reduce, diminish, slack up; see decrease 2. See syn. study at decrease.
See lessen in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To grow or cause to grow gradually less:
To make less severe or more bearable:
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