diminishment

Meaning

The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality.

Synonyms

decrease

reduction

curtailment

abatement

retrenchment

couching

cut

decay

decrepitude

degradation

demotion

derogation

descent

destruction

deterioration

dip

discount

disrating

dropping

failure

fall

humiliation

lowering

prolapse

pulling down

rebate

relegation

ruin

simplification

sinking

subsidence

abasement

reduction to the ranks

abjection

abjectness

adversity

contraction

Translations

vermindering

abaissement

réduction

Verkleinerung

besnoeiing

Reduktion

Nachlaß

Kürzung

Degeneration

Vergünstigung

Vergütung

Rückbildung

καταβιβασμός

κατέβασμα

Entartung

Etymology

From diminish + -ment.