N. decrease, diminution,
lessening,
subtraction, reduction,
abatement,
declension,
shrinking, coarctation|,
abridgment,
extenuation,
subsidence,
wane,
ebb, decline,
ebbing, descent, decrement,
reflux,
depreciation,
deterioration,
anticlimax,
mitigation V. decrease, diminish,
lessen,
abridge,
shrink, drop off, fall off, tail off, fall away, waste, wear,
wane,
ebb, decline, descend,
subside, melt away, die away, retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low,
languish, decay,
crumble,
bate,
abate, dequantitate|, discount,
depreciate,
extenuate, lower,
weaken,
attenuate, fritter away,
mitigate,
dwarf, throw into the shade, reduce,
shorten,
subtract Adj. unincreased &c. (see increase ), decreased, decreasing, on the wane
Phr. "a gilded halo hovering round decay", "fine by degrees and beautifully less", 3, conjunctive quantity
N. moderation,
lenity, temperateness, gentleness,
sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating,
anaphrodisia,
relaxation, remission,
mitigation,
tranquilization,
assuagement, contemporation,
pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ἄριστον μέτρον,
moderator,
lullaby,
sedative,
lenitive,
demulcent,
antispasmodic,
carminative,
laudanum,
rose water,
balm,
poppy,
opiate,
anodyne, milk, opium, "poppy or mandragora", wet blanket,
palliative V. be -moderate, keep within bounds, keep within compass, sober down, settle down, keep the peace,
remit, relent, take in sail, moderate,
soften,
mitigate, temper, accoy|,
attemper,
contemper,
mollify,
lenify,
dulcify, dull, take off the edge,
blunt,
obtund,
sheathe,
subdue,
chasten, sober down, tone down, smooth down,
weaken,
lessen, check palliate,
tranquilize,
pacify,
assuage,
appease,
swag,
lull,
soothe,
compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet,
hush,
quell,
sober,
pacify,
tame, damp, lay,
allay,
rebate,
slacken, smooth,
alleviate, rock to sleep,
deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off,
slake,
curb,
tame, smooth over, pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters, pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin, go out like a lamb, "roar you as gently as any sucking dove,"
Adj. moderate,
lenient, gentle, mild,
mellow, cool,
sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm,
unruffled, quiet,
tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled,
tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific,
halcyon, unexciting,
unirritating, soft,
bland,
oily,
demulcent,
lenitive,
anodyne,
hypnotic,
sedative,
antiorgastic,
anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water
Adv. moderately,
gingerly,
piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason
Phr. est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters, 4, indirect power
N. contraction, reduction, diminution, decrease of size,
defalcation, decrement,
lessening,
shrinking,
compaction,
tabes,
collapse,
emaciation,
attenuation,
tabefaction, consumption,
marasmus,
atrophy,
systole, neck,
hourglass,
condensation, compression, compactness,
compendium,
squeezing,
strangulation,
corrugation,
astringency, astringents, sclerotics,
contractility,
compressibility,
coarctation, inferiority in size
V. become small, become smaller,
lessen, decrease, grow less,
dwindle,
shrink, contract, narrow,
shrivel,
collapse, wither, lose flesh,
wizen, fall away, waste,
wane,
ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller,
lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow,
coarctate, boil down,
constrict,
constringe,
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush, crumple up,
warp, purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow,
pinch,
tighten,
strangle,
cramp,
dwarf,
bedwarf,
shorten,
circumscribe, restrain,
abrade,
pare, reduce,
attenuate, rub down,
scrape,
file, file down,
grind, grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear, wear down
Adj. contracting,
astringent,
shrunk, contracted,
strangulated,
tabid,
wizened,
stunted,
waning,
neap, compact, unexpanded &c. (expand ),
contractile,
compressible, smaller &c. (small )
