Lessen

Definition of lessen:

To become less in bulk, quantity, amount, degree, quality, or intensity.
To make less; diminish; lower; shrink.
To make smaller; reduce; to disparage.
To make less, in any sense: to weaken: to degrade.
To make less; weaken.
To grow smaller; to become less important.
make smaller; " He decreased his staff"
wear off or die down; " The pain subsided"
To make less in bulk, quantity, amount, degree, state, or quality; to bring down in dignity; to degrade; to underrate.
To diminish; to reduce; to become less.

Usage examples for lessen

But this did not really lessen her suffering, for she was not only capable of deep affection, but really loved Hartley almost as her own life; and the thought of losing him, whenever it grew distinct, filled her with terrible anguish. After the Storm by T. S. Arthur
And it did not lessen when, after they touched down, he was taken from the ship under guard. The Colors of Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Thus you avoid an appeal to the critical faculties of the conscious which would lessen the outcropping. The Practice of Autosuggestion by C. Harry Brooks