- (v.t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.
- (v.i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
- (v.t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
- (a.) Thin; slender.
- (v.t.) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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