"Shrink" is a word in ENGLISH
To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to
contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become
compacted.
To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action
from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the
body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by
imersing it in boiling water.
The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil;
withdrawal.
To draw back; to withdraw.
In my experience when a friend unloaded about a boyfriend or spouse, the listener soaked up the complaint and remembered it long after the speaker had forgiven the offense.
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