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Definition of Lessening
1. Noun. A change downward. "There was a sharp drop-off in sales"
Generic synonyms: Alteration, Change, Modification
Specialized synonyms: Shrinkage, Shrinking, Casualty, Sinking, Attrition, Dwindling, Dwindling Away, Waning
Derivative terms: Decrease, Decrease, Drop Off
Antonyms: Increase
Definition of Lessening
1. Verb. (present participle of ''lessen'') ¹
2. Noun. A growing lesser; reduction or decrease. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lessening
1. lessen [v] - See also: lessen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lessening
Literary usage of Lessening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"lessening the Dangers of Work. A most important function of employers' welfare
work is the improvement of the physical condition of the workers by lessening ..."
2. The Cure of Imperfect Sight by Treatment Without Glasses by William Horatio Bates (1920)
"... namely, that myopia (or a lessening of hypermetropia) is always associated
with a strain to see at the distance, while hypermetropia (or a lessening of ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"He then had a left partial hemiplegia involving only arm and leg, with some
lessening of the deep reflexes on that side, no clonus, no "Babinski. ..."
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