abmildern — meaning in English

English meaning

• attenuate verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
• 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 make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
2. verb To make something thinner, for example by shaping, starving or decay.
3. verb To grow thinner or become less.
4. verb To make a bacterium or virus less able to cause disease.

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