abmildern — meaning in English

English meaning

• attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
• mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.

Senses

abmildern is used for these senses in English:

• attenuate (transitive) To weaken.
• mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.

attenuate — full definition

1. verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
2. verb To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
3. verb To become thin or fine; to grow less.
4. verb To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.

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