weakening

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: debilitativeenervatingenfeebling

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. becoming weaker
  2. the act of reducing the strength of something

Adjective (2)

  1. causing debilitationSynonyms: debilitativeenervatingenfeebling
  2. moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

moderating \moderating\ adj. lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of intensifying. [Narrower terms: tempering; weakening] [WordNet 1.5]
Weaken \Weak"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weakened; p. pr. & vb. n. Weakening.] [1913 Webster]

1.To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument. [1913 Webster]

Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done.— Neh. vi. 9.[1913 Webster]

2.To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction. [1913 Webster]

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