Thesaurus
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diminution
T
hesaurus
diminution
English
Noun
Sense: the process of becoming smaller or lessened
Synonyms
abatement
declension
decline
decrease
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decrement
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diminishment
diminution
lessening
reduction
shrinking
Antonyms
augmentation
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Further reading
“
36. nonincrease, decrease
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
diminution
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.