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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Russ Dallaire:

   The body stiffened so hard he almost came out of the chair, and with each succeeding charge, the body jerked with lessening effect until there was none at all.

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. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

   We are planning and preparing for the rollout of pediatric vaccines. Of course, there's a lot of work to be done to look at uptake of The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Some of the polls and surveys that have gone out to the public have indicated an ongoing lessening of parents considering giving their children these vaccines over time.