Another word for reduction
reduction
n.
The process of making smaller
decrease, contraction, diminution, lowering, lessening, shortening, abatement, discount, reducing, conversion, deoxidation, refinement, attenuation, atrophy, condensation, loss, decline, compression, depression, subtraction, retrenchment, downsizing, cutback, shrinkage, miniaturization, concision, constriction, modification, minimization, curtailment, abbreviation, abridgment, decrescence, syncope, ellipsis, elision, assuagement, modulation, moderation, mitigation, remission, decrement.
Antonyms increase*, increasing, enlargement.
An amount that constitutes reduction, sense 1
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Another word for reduction
The act or process of decreasing:
abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, slash, slowdown, taper. See increaseThe act or an instance of demoting:
degradation, demotion. See riseA lowering in price or value:
depreciation, devaluation, markdown, write-down. See increase, moneyAn amount deducted:
abatement, deduction, discount, rebate. See increase
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