lessening Synonyms

decrease reductive relaxation relief relieving remission retrenchment salving shearing shortening shrinking shrinkage shrivelling reduction reduce moderating moderation mollification narrowing palliating palliation paring propitiation pruning quieting receding reducing sinking slackening waney wany weakening weeding abridgement drop off attritional backflow dec letup downsizing waning tranquillization tranquilization slowing slumping softening subduement subsiding subsidence subtraction