Diminution: alternatives and connections

The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

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Alt. of Amortisement

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The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain.

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The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or…

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of Cut

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The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

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Act or process of deducing or inferring.

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A general decrease in prices over time.

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The act of depleting or emptying.

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The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.

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The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.

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To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt paym…

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That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

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of Ease

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The European bunting.

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of Ebb

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The act or operation of eroding or eating away.

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The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palli…

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The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

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of Lower

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The act or process of minimizing.

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The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, th…

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The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

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The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.

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The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

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That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

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of Shorten

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of Shrink

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The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping.

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The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

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To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.

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of Weaken

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

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The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

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To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder…

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The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.

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The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.

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