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Verb: diminish  di'mi-nish
  1. Become reduced in amount, level, intensity, or value
    "The amount of homework diminished towards the end of the semester";
    - decrease, lessen, fall, come down, go down, sink, dent
     
  2. Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
    "don't diminish your colleagues";
    - belittle

Derived forms: diminishing, diminishes, diminished

Type of: change magnitude, decrease, lessen, minify