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- verb intransitive, of something intense to
lessen
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synonyms (118)
Words with the same meaning
- abate
- ablate
- arrest
- backpedal
- backwater
- bate
- be eaten away
- brake
- call a recess
- check
- clip the wings
- consume
- consume away
- corrode
- crumble
- curb
- decelerate
- decline
- decrease
- delay
- deliquesce
- detain
- die away
- die down
- diffuse
- diminish
- disjoin
- disperse
- dive
- draw rein
- drop
- drop off
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease up
- ebb
- erode
- fall
- fall away
- fall off
- forbear
- forgive
- free
- give quarter
- have mercy upon
- have pity
- hesitate
- hold back
- hold in check
- hold up
- impede
- keep back
- languish
- lessen
- let down
- let go
- let up on
- loose
- loosen
- lose ground
- lose momentum
- lose speed
- melt
- melt away
- mitigate
- moderate
- obstruct
- pardon
- pause
- plummet
- plunge
- recess
- reef
- rein in
- relax
- relent
- remit
- reprieve
- rest
- retard
- run low
- sag
- scatter
- set back
- shrink
- sink
- slack
- slack off
- slack up
- slacken
- slake
- slow
- slow down
- slow up
- spare
- stay
- subside
- tail off
- take a recess
- take in sail
- take pity on
- thaw
- throttle down
- unbend
- unbrace
- unglue
- unlax
- unleash
- unstick
- unstrain
- unstring
- unwind
- wane
- waste
- waste away
- wear
- wear away
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