Meaning of DIMINUTION
| Pronunciation: | | `dimu'nooshun
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- [n] the act of decreasing or reducing something
- [n] the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
- [n] change toward something smaller or lower
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| | Synonyms: | | decline, decrease, reduction, step-down |
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| | Antonyms: | | augmentation, increase, step-up | | |
| | See Also: | | alleviation, amortisation, amortization, change of magnitude, cut, cutback, declassification, declension, decline in quality, decrease, decrement, deduction, de-escalation, deflation, depletion, depreciation, deterioration, devaluation, devitalisation, devitalization, discount, drop-off, easement, easing, ebb, ebbing, extenuation, falling off, falloff, loss, lowering, minimisation, minimization, mitigation, moderation, palliation, price reduction, relief, reverse split, reverse stock split, rollback, shelter, shortening, shrinking, sinking spell, slack, slippage, slump, split down, statement, subtraction, tax credit, tax deduction, tax shelter, wane, weakening, worsening | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dim`i*nu"tion\, n. [L. diminutio, or perh. rather
deminutio: cf. F. diminution. See {Diminish}.]
1. The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less;
state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or
degree; -- opposed to {augmentation} or {increase}.
2. The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the
state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in
estimation; degradation; abasement.
The world's opinion or diminution of me. --Eikon
Basilike.
Nor thinks it diminution to be ranked In military
honor next. --Philips.
3. (Law) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.
4. (Mus.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a
subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the
subject itself.
Syn: Decrease; decay; abatement; reduction; deduction;
decrement.
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| | Related Terms: | | abatement, abridgment, allayment, alleviation, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, attenuation, attrition, blunting, calming, concavity, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutting, dampening, damping, deadening, debasement, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction, de-escalation, deflation, degradation, demotion, demulsion, depletion, depreciation, depression, derogation, descent, detraction, detrusion, diminishment, dip, disparagement, ducking, dulcification, dulling, dying, dying off, ease, easement, easing, extenuation, extraction, fade-out, falling-off, hauling down, hollowness, hushing, impairment, languishment, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lowering, lulling, miniaturization, mitigation, modulation, mollification, numbing, pacification, palliation, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relief, remedy, remission, retraction, retrenchment, sagging, salving, scaling down, shortening, shrinkage, simplicity, sinking, slackening, softening, soothing, subduement, submergence, subtraction, tempering, thrusting under, tranquilization, truncation, weakening |
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