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Another word for lessen

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Verb

  1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less

    See also:

    increase

  2. To make less severe or more bearable

    See also:

    increase

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Another word for lessen

Verb

  1. To grow less

    See also:

    decrease

  2. To make less

    See also:

    decrease

    decrease

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Sentence Examples

  • It can lessen its enforcement of private property rights.

  • In spite of his political reforms, he opposed the admission of the plebeians to the consulship and priestly offices; and, although these reforms might appear to be democratic in character and calculated to give preponderance to the lowest class of the people, his probable aim was to strengthen the power of the magistrates (and lessen that of the senate) by founding it on the popular will, which would find its expression in the urban inhabitants and could be most easily influenced by the magistrate.

  • More effective ventilation will materially lessen the deathrate.

  • It is usual to reduce the quantity of proteid food to a minimum, in order to lessen the amount of nitrogenous waste to be excreted by the kidneys.

  • Too fast, he felt the buffers' effect on his powers lessen, and magic exploded through him.

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