Synonyms for lessening
less·en·ing

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1. decrease, lessening, drop-offnoun

   a change downward

   "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

   Synonyms:
   drop, falloff, falling off, slack, decrease, slump, reduction, decrement, cliff, drop-off, step-down, diminution

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1. lesseningnoun

   Synonyms:
   diminution, decrement, decrease, reduction, abatement

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1. lesseningnoun

   Synonyms:
   reduction, diminution, decrease, decrement, depreciation, mitigation, shrinkage, abatement

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1. List of paraphrases for "lessening":

   decrease, reduce, reducing, reduction, mitigating

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1. Sean McKee:

   Thanks to more flexible working patterns, many office-based staff may have had the option to work from home yesterday, lessening the impact on their employer, however, it stands to reason that the service industries, restaurants, cafes, event spaces in particular, and those that rely on foot traffic, like retail, will have been hardest hit as they faced a city with fewer workers and most likely a significant drop in trade.

2. President Obama:

   This is something that we continue to push hard on irrespective of the nuclear deal, it’s a top priority for us to make sure that our people are treated fairly and on the face of it in the case of these individuals who’ve been held, they have not been and they are not being afforded the basic due process and legal rights that we afford visitors to our country so we're deeply concerned about it, we spend a lot of time pushing on it, and we will continue to do so . . . . There’s no lessening of the sense of urgency.

3. Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara:

   There are concerns about lessening the impact of the British referendum on Japan's small- and medium-sized companies, taking steps to provide liquidity to small firms could be a big factor in economic stimulus steps that we compile.

4. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

   Of course, there's a lot of work to be done to look at uptake of this vaccine. Some of the polls and surveys that have gone out to the public have indicated an ongoing lessening of parents considering giving United States these vaccines over time.

5. Governor Phil Murphy:

   Having fewer than 5,000 people in the hospital for COVID-19 is a milestone, it means, among other things, that the stress on capacity is lessening.