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

abatement abating abridgment allaying allayment alleviating alleviation analgesia anesthesia anesthetizing appeasement assuagement assuaging attenuation attrition blunting calming chastening contraction contractive curtailment cushioning cut cutting dampening damping deadening declining decrease decreasing decrement decrescence decrescendo decrescent deduction deflation deliquescent demulsion depletion depreciation depression derogation detraction diminishing diminishment diminuendo diminution dip disparagement dulcification dulling dwindling dying dying off ease easement easing extenuation extraction fade-out falling-off hushing impairment languishing languishment leniency letdown letup lightening loosening lowering lulling miniaturization mitigating mitigation modulation mollification numbing on the wane pacification palliation quietening quieting reducing reduction reductive relaxation relaxing relief remedy remission retraction retrenchment sagging salving scaling down shortening shrinkage simplicity slackening softening soothing subduement subduing subsiding subtraction tempering tranquilization truncation waning weakening