1. lessening - Noun
2. lessening - Verb
of Lessen
Source: Webster's dictionaryNo good government can ever want more than two things for its support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently instructed, to be aware of that excellence. Every other pretended support, must ultimately tend to its subversion, by lessening its dependence upon these. James Mill
In this dim world of clouding cares, We rarely know, till wildered eyes See white wings lessening up the skies, The angels with us unawares. Gerald Massey
A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension. Jack Vance
He who receives an idea from me receives instruction for himself without lessening mine as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson
As human beings, our only sensible scale of values is one based on lessening the agony of existence. H. P. Lovecraft
We lessen our wants by lessening our desires. Latin Proverb