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Verb: lessen  le-sun
  1. Become reduced in amount, level, intensity, or value
    "The amount of homework lessened towards the end of the semester";
    - decrease, diminish, fall, come down, go down, sink, dent
     
  2. Make become smaller
    "The distance lessened between the two cars";
    - decrease, minify
     
  3. Wear off or die down
    "The pain lessened";
    - subside

Sounds like: le

Derived forms: lessens, lessened, lessening

Type of: alter, change, change magnitude, modify, weaken

Encyclopedia: Lessen