Lessener - Law Dictionary Search Results

Lessen

or fewer to diminish to lower to degrade as to lessen a kingdom or a population to lessen speed rank fortune

becoming less in dimension or degree as the lessening distance between us

One who or that which lessens

dilution 1 : a lessening of real value (as of equity) by a decrease in

mitigate -gat·ed -gat·ing vt : to lessen or minimize the severity of [what actions the State took

: a circumstance in the commission of an act that lessens the degree of criminal culpability [was convicted of manslaughter rather

The act of lessening or seeking to lessen price value or reputation

of planks lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled by giving her greater draught

To diminish the quantity of to lessen

make thin or slender to draw out so as to lessen the thickness