lightening (n.)
- abatement
- alleviation
- assuagement
- bleach
- calming
- deadening
- diminution
- discoloration
- disembarrassment
- easement
- easing
- etiolation
- fading
- hushing
- leniency
- lessening
- letdown
- letup
- lighting
- loosening
- mitigation
- modulation
- mollification
- pacification
- paling
- palliation
- reduction
- relaxation
- relief
- remission
- slackening
- softening
- tempering
- unloading
- whitening
lightening (adj.)
- alleviative
- deadening
- easing
- enlightening
- fading
- illuminating
- lighting
- quieting
- relieving
- softening
- soothing
- tempering
