"Diminish" is a word in ENGLISH
To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or
amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval)
less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to
degrade; to abase; to weaken.
To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as,
the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
To take away; to subtract.
The girl's face was the color of talcum. Her uncle's was a death mask, a bone structure overlaid by parchment. Shane's was granite, with a glistening line of sweat just below his hair line. He'd never forget this night, the detective knew, no matter what else happened for the rest of his life. They were all getting scars on their souls, the sort of scars people got in the Dark Ages, when they believed in devils and black magic. ("Speak To Me Of Death")
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Read the complete definitionThat which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.
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