| reduce(verb, take, check, remove, withdraw) |
| reduction(noun, credit) |
| relinquish(verb, stop, end, remove, reject) |
| renounce(verb, stop, end, cut, remove) |
| repeal(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, abandon) |
| ridicule(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| satisfy |
| scorch(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| scorn(verb, dismiss, criticize, ignore, mock) |
| shrug off(expression, dismiss) |
| slam(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, condemn) |
| smear(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |
| soften(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish) |
| sour grapes(verb, expression, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
| strike off(verb, phrasal verb, changing, correction, expurgation) |
| strike out(verb, phrasal verb, changing, correction, expurgation) |
| take away(expression, take, criticize, lower, condemn) |
| take down(verb, expression, diminish, criticize, scorn) |
| take from(expression, take, remove, reduce, withdraw) |
| take off(expression, take, remove, reduce, withdraw) |