diminish (v.)

• abase
• abash
• abate
• abbreviate
• ablate
• abrade
• abridge
• abstract
• abuse
• allay
• alleviate
• alter
• anesthetize
• appease
• assuage
• attemper
• attenuate
• bate
• belittle
• benumb
• blunt
• chasten
• cheapen
• circumscribe
• clip
• close
• color
• compress
• condense
• condition
• confine
• constrain
• constrict
• consume
• contract
• control
• corrode
• crop
• crumble
• crush
• curtail
• cushion
• cut
• damp
• dampen
• de-emphasize
• deaden
• debase
• decline
• decrease
• deduct
• deflate
• degrade
• deliquesce
• demean
• deprecate
• depreciate
• depress
• derogate
• desiccate
• detract
• devalue
• discredit
• dismiss
• disparage
• dive
• dock
• downgrade
• downplay
• drain
• droop
• drop
• dull
• dump
• dwindle
• ease
• ebb
• erode
• extenuate
• extract
• fade
• fall
• flag
• foment
• go
• hedge
• humiliate
• ignore
• impair
• languish
• lay
• leach
• leaven
• lenify
• lessen
• lighten
• limit
• lop
• lower
• lull
• mince
• minify
• minimize
• mitigate
• moderate
• modify
• modulate
• mollify
• narrow
• numb
• obtund
• pad
• palliate
• pare
• pine
• plummet
• plunge
• poultice
• prune
• purify
• qualify
• recede
• reduce
• refine
• reject
• relieve
• remove
• restrain
• restrict
• retire
• retreat
• retrench
• sag
• salve
• sear
• season
• shorten
• shrink
• shrivel
• simplify
• sink
• slacken
• slake
• smother
• sober
• soft-pedal
• soften
• soothe
• stifle
• straiten
• subdue
• subside
• subtract
• suppress
• tame
• taper
• temper
• thin
• truncate
• underplay
• varnish
• vitiate
• wane
• waste
• weaken
• wear
• weed
• whitewash
• wilt
• withdraw
• wither