atenuar — meaning in English

English meaning

• lessen verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
• mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
• palliate verb To ease the symptoms of an illness without curing it.

Senses

atenuar is used for these senses in English:

• lessen (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
• mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
• palliate To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. [from 15th c.]

lessen — full definition

1. verb To make something smaller in size, degree, or intensity; to reduce it.
2. verb To become smaller or weaker.

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