diminish

1. Decrease in size, extent, or range (synset 200151509)
   "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
   is a type of: change magnitude - change in size or magnitude
   subtypes:

   • break - diminish or discontinue abruptly
   • shrink, shrivel - decrease in size, range, or extent
   • taper - diminish gradually
   • drop off - fall or diminish
   • fly, vanish, vaporize - decrease rapidly and disappear
   • break - fall sharply
   • ease off, ease up, flag, slacken off - become less intense
   • weaken - become weaker
   • boil down, concentrate, decoct, reduce - be cooked until very little liquid is left
   • contract, shrink - become smaller or draw together
   • shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither - wither, as with a loss of moisture
   • abate, die away, let up, slack, slack off - become less in amount or intensity
   • deflate - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
   • dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down - become smaller or lose substance
   • remit - diminish or abate
   • de-escalate - diminish in size, scope, or intensity
   • depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue - lose in value
   • shorten - become short or shorter
   • thin out - become sparser
   • decline, go down, wane - grow smaller
   • wane - decrease in phase
   • wane - become smaller
   • decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up - lose velocity; move more slowly
   • decrescendo - grow quieter
   same as: decrease, fall, lessen
2. Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of (synset 200442836)
   "don't belittle your colleagues"
   is a type of: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
   same as: belittle

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