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Perdition :: Perdition (n.) Loss of diminution.

Offset :: Offset (n.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off..

Qualification :: Qualification (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification..

Scrofula :: Scrofula (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may

Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents..

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses..

Apoplexy :: Apoplexy (n.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain..

Disparagement :: Disparagement (n.) Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.

Batement :: Batement (n.) Abatement; diminution.

Diminishment :: Diminishment (n.) Diminution.

Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word..

Hypinosis :: Hypinosis (n.) A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood.

Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

Attenuation :: Attenuation (n.) The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus..

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Diminution.

Clear :: Clear (superl.) Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit..

Decrease :: Decrease (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength..

Meiosis :: Meiosis (n.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is..

Atrophy :: Atrophy (n.) A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.

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