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lessen

English

  1. 🔊 wear off or die down
    “The pain subsided”
  2. 🔊 make smaller
    “He decreased his staff”
  3. 🔊 decrease in size, extent, or range
    “The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 menoscabar to lessen
  2. 🔊 aminorar to lessen, to diminish

Similar words

decrease diminish fall subside decrease minify abate ablate abrade abridge abstract allay alleviate allow for amputate anesthetize appease assuage attemper bank the fire bate be eaten away benumb blunt