(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diminish.

abating allaying alleviating assuaging blunting chastening contractive cushioning dampening damping deadening declining decreasing decrescendo decrescent deliquescent diminuendo dulling dwindling dying easing ebbing fading languishing lessening mitigating on the wane receding reducing reductive relaxing retiring retreating shrinking sinking softening subduing subsiding tempering waning