Vi fant 4 definisjoner av lessening på engelsk.
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| lessening - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" | ||
| decrease, drop-off | ||
| increase the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" | ||
| alteration, modification, change the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) | ||
| shrinking, shrinkage the act of becoming less | ||
| casualty a decrease of military personnel or equipment | ||
| sinking a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs" | ||
| attrition the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction | ||
| dwindling, dwindling away a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family" | ||
