3
paring(verb, diminishing, subtracting)
3
plummeting(verb, adjective, declining, falling, wornout)
3
receding(verb, decrease, depression, reduction, recession)
3
reduce
3
relieving(verb, alleviating, lightening)
3
slowing(verb, adjective, declining, falling, decreasing)
3
truncating(verb, diminishing, decreasing)
2
abridgement(noun, subtraction)
2
appeasement(soothing, pacification, conciliation, accession, mollification)
2
atrophy(noun, drop, decline, decay, degradation)
2
attenuating
2
bating
2
belittling(noun, verb, adjective, scorn, ridicule)
2
blunting(soothing, moderation, pacification, conciliation, accession)
2
bobbing(verb, diminishing, subtracting)
2
break(noun, decrease, pause, reduction, respite)
2
calming(soothing, pacification, placation)
2
cliff
2
clipping(verb, diminishing, subtracting)
2
compacting(verb, diminishing, decreasing)
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