lessens in English

verb

1

make or become less; diminish.

the years have lessened the gap in age between us

synonyms: reduce, make less/smaller, minimize, decrease, allay, assuage, alleviate, attenuate, palliate, ease, dull, deaden, blunt, moderate, mitigate, dampen, soften, tone down, dilute, weaken, grow less, grow smaller, decrease, diminish, decline, subside, abate, fade, die down/off, let up, ease off, tail off, drop (off/away), fall, dwindle, ebb, wane, recede, diminish, degrade, discredit, devalue, belittle

verb

reduce, make less/smaller, minimize, decrease, allay, assuage, alleviate, attenuate, palliate, ease, dull, deaden, blunt, moderate, mitigate, dampen, soften, tone down, dilute, weaken
grow less, grow smaller, decrease, diminish, decline, subside, abate, fade, die down/off, let up, ease off, tail off, drop (off/away), fall, dwindle, ebb, wane, recede
diminish, degrade, discredit, devalue, belittle
fall, decrease, diminish
subside
decrease, minify

Use "lessens" in a sentence

1. Exercise lessens the risk of heart disease.

2. Cooking vegetables for too long lessens their nutritional value .

3. *I am aware that Artificially toning a coin lessens its value

4. Don’t ignore even minor heart Attack symptoms.Immediate treatment lessens heart damage

5. ● See if medication, acupuncture, or massage lessens nausea and pain.

6. Dudley Hart explains: “Heat relaxes the muscles, lessens stiffness and eases pains.”

7. Eating a good diet significantly lessens the risk of heart disease.

8. Synonyms for Abridges include cuts, clips, condenses, contracts, lessens, trims, abbreviates, abstracts, compresses and curtails

9. The act prohibits price discrimination that lessens competition or injures a competitor.

10. Acupuncturing this point lessens the amount of heat in the lungs and intestinal region

11. Synonyms for Abates include decreases, declines, diminishes, subsides, dwindles, eases, lessens, ebbs, wanes and fades

12. Annealing increases ductility and lessens the possibility of a failure by relieving internal strains

13. Through reorganization as a conglomerate, the move also lessens the glare of antitrust scrutiny on Alphabet

14. As the amount of melanin lessens, the hair color varies from black to brown or rust or blond.

15. Even though this choice lessens her chances of finding a mate, Ruth keeps focused on the big picture.

16. It would be wrong morally, as well as dangerous to propound a scheme that lessens the standard of living.

17. Keeping your circulatory system in working order, by, say, avoiding cigarettes and saturated fat, lessens the onslaught of age-related damage to the brain.

18. Apiarist's Clothes are a type ofArmoradded by theForestry Mod, which lessens or nullifies the negative effects ofBees,its crafted usingWoven Silk

19. Chocolate milk: Use almond milk, as research indicates it is possible that cow’s milk lessens the effectiveness of calcium and the other qualities of Cacao

20. Donald Trump joked Monday that women in the Islamic world might prefer to wear Burkas because it lessens the need to apply make-up

21. 2 The logarithmic scale of the chart allows the full range of times to be displayed, but lessens the visual impact of the differences.

22. The camel’s elevated temperature also lessens its absorption of heat, which of course depends on the difference between the temperature of its body and that of the environment.

23. Once extremely timid, they're now highly sociable and know some tricks, "which always heightens Adoptability and lessens significantly the chance they'll ever be returned once adopted."

24. Unfortunately, this heightens the synthetic flavor of the picture and accounts in large measure for the Attitudinized nature of the story's development that lessens its over-all dramatic impactThe author of all this, Mr

25. As nouns the difference between Anticonvulsant and antiepileptic is that Anticonvulsant is (pharmacology) an agent that prevents, stops, or lessens convulsions while antiepileptic is (medicine) a drug which acts to prevent epileptic seizures

26. The Brutalization hypothesis states that the death penalty lessens people’s respect for life, and as a result actually lowers their inhibitions to kill. It in effect legitimizes murder, which inadvertently leads to an increase in homicides

27. The importance of the first lessens as men learn to dig wells and to Canalise springs; the two last, defence and communication, remain attached to river settlements to a much later date, and are apparent in all the history of the Thames.

28. The Pro Staff 97 Countervail Black has been updated with Countervail, a special carbon fiber material that Wilson says reduces impact vibration and lessens fatigue on your arm. The TW playtesters immediately found similarities with the previous version and enjoyed hitting serves and …