| slake(verb, release, decrease, relax, satisfy) |
| abolish(verb, stop, end, remove, ruin) |
| abridge(verb, cut, decline, reduce, ease) |
| allow(verb, remove, reduce, withdraw, diminish) |
| annul(verb, stop, end, ruin, destroy) |
| cut(verb, check, decline, reduce, fail) |
| die away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close) |
| drop(verb, close, cut, decline, reduce) |
| modify(verb, calm, drop, control, dull) |
| remove(verb, end, reduce, destroy, diminish) |
| restrain(verb, calm, drop, control, cut) |
| cut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| depreciate(verb, drop, cut, check, decline) |
| die down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, calm, drop) |
| disallow(undo, reverse, contradict, annul, void) |
| ease up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reduce) |
| qualify(verb, calm, control, quiet, cover) |
| relent(verb, calm, control, quiet, help) |
| repress(verb, control, dull, quiet, restrain) |
| tone down(verb, expression, calm, control, dull) |