lessen
verb
[ ˈlɛs(ə)n ]
• make or become less; diminish.
• "the years have lessened the gap in age between us"
Similar:
reduce,
make less,
minimize,
make smaller,
decrease,
allay,
assuage,
alleviate,
attenuate,
palliate,
ease,
dull,
deaden,
blunt,
take the edge off,
moderate,
mitigate,
check,
dampen,
depress,
soften,
tone down,
dilute,
relax,
mollify,
temper,
weaken,
tame,
erode,
narrow,
lower,
discount,
curtail,
prune,
pare down,
truncate,
slash,
grow less,
get less,
grow smaller,
diminish,
decline,
subside,
abate,
fade,
die down/off,
let up,
ease off,
tail off,
drop,
drop off/away,
fall,
dwindle,
taper off,
peter out,
go/come down,
shrink,
contract,
ebb,
wane,
waste away,
flag,
slacken,
lighten,
recede,
relent,
remit,
desist,
sink,
slump,
plummet,
quieten,
quiet,
nosedive,
degrade,
discredit,
devalue,
belittle,
humble,
