Lightening: alternatives and connections

To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

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The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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of Whiten

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.