understatement Synonyms

restrained statement belittlement underestimation figure of speech manner of speaking abstractionism wryness undervaluation underestimate code word trivialization mild alternative neutral term indirect term polite term underemphasis reductionist oversimplification genteelism subtlety substitute restraint distortion delicacy circumlocution anticlimax announcement anaphora alternative affirmation euphemism euphemistic reserve purism oxymoron minimization metaphor meiosis litotes euphuism adumbration