Synonyms for lessened
less·ened

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1. diminished, lessened, vitiated, weakenedadjective

   impaired by diminution

   Synonyms:
   wasted, hurt, small, debased, belittled, faded, attenuate, cut, diminished, vitiated, weakened, thinned, atrophied, corrupted, attenuated

   Antonyms:
   unmitigated, unimpaired

2. lessenedadjective

   decreased in severity; made less harsh

   Synonyms:
   weakened, vitiated, diminished

   Antonyms:
   unimpaired, unmitigated

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1. List of paraphrases for "lessened":

   mitigated, attenuated, reduced, decreased, diminished

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1. Carol Fishman Cohen:

   The pandemic has definitely lessened the stigma around career breaks.

2. Representative Ed Royce:

   If this agreement goes through, Iran gets a cash bonanza, a boost to its international standing, and a lighted path toward nuclear weapons, with sweeping sanctions relief, we have lessened our ability to challenge Iran's conduct across the board. As Iran grows stronger, we will be weaker to respond.

3. Stephen Innes:

   Traders have lessened their odds for an immediate U.S.-Iran escalation in this forever smoldering hot spot.

4. Frank Yiannas:

   Clearly, I really wish, and I should have been notified sooner, so I could have initiated containment steps earlier. Had that happened, I believe we might not be here today, had the agency responded quicker to some of the earlier signals, I believe this crisis could have been averted or at least the magnitude lessened.

5. Juliana Fetherman:

   When I first started this he didn't have a lot of people like him, now he does work at a place that employs people with autism, so the need for him specifically to make friends has lessened a little.