Synonyms for lessening
less·en·ing

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1. decrease, lessening, drop-offnoun

   a change downward

   "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

   Synonyms:
   drop, falloff, falling off, slack, decrease, slump, reduction, decrement, cliff, drop-off, step-down, diminution

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1. lesseningnoun

   Synonyms:
   diminution, decrement, decrease, reduction, abatement

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1. lesseningnoun

   Synonyms:
   reduction, diminution, decrease, decrement, depreciation, mitigation, shrinkage, abatement

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1. List of paraphrases for "lessening":

   decrease, reduce, reducing, reduction, mitigating

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1. Abdulkhaleq Abdulla:

   Financially and commercially, the The UAE benefits the most from lessening regional tensions, even during the worst of political tensions between the two countries, trade was uninterrupted. It went down, but never stopped.

2. Russ Dallaire:

   The body stiffened so hard he almost came out of the chair, and with each succeeding charge, the body jerked with lessening effect until there was none at all.

3. Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara:

   There are concerns about lessening the impact of the British referendum on Japan's small- and medium-sized companies, taking steps to provide liquidity to small firms could be a big factor in economic stimulus steps that we compile.

4. Alan Lancz:

   China has a big influence on global growth and the turnaround since the financial crisis. With the lessening of that engine of growth and with the U.S. still fairly anemic by historical standards, it definitely concerns investors.

5. Janet Audrain-McGovern:

   When we were thinking about this topic, we were kind of just reflecting on the fact that we have more tobacco products on the market now than ever, and we've seen cigarette smoking decline among young people, but we've seen increase in use of these other tobacco products. At the same time, we've also seen in many areas of the country a lessening of the restrictions surrounding marijuana use.