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making lighter synonyms

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  • abate
  • alleviate
  • assuage
  • calm
  • compose
  • cool out
  • decrease
  • ease
  • lessen
  • lighten
  • make nice
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • mollify
  • pacify
  • allay
  • assuage
  • ease
  • lighten
  • mitigate
  • mollify
  • pacify
  • pour oil on
  • soft-pedal
  • take the bite out
  • take the edge off
  • take the sting out
  • alleviate
  • amend
  • help
  • improve
  • lighten
  • meliorate
  • mitigate
  • relieve
  • step up
  • upgrade
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • appease
  • calm
  • compose
  • conciliate
  • cool
  • ease
  • fill
  • lessen
  • lighten
  • lull
  • make nice
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • abate
  • constrict
  • contract
  • cripple
  • debilitate
  • deflate
  • disable
  • dissipate
  • enfeeble
  • extenuate
  • lessen
  • mitigate
  • sap
  • shrink
  • thin
  • beacon
  • drift
  • float
  • guide
  • marker
  • signal
  • about-face
  • addition
  • adjustment
  • advance
  • break
  • compression
  • contraction
  • conversion
  • correction
  • development
  • difference
  • distortion
  • diversification
  • diversity
  • innovation
  • abundance
  • alleviation
  • amenity
  • assuagement
  • bed of roses
  • cheer
  • cheerfulness
  • complacency
  • contentment
  • convenience
  • coziness
  • creature comforts
  • enjoyment
  • exhilaration
  • facility
  • dispatch
  • hew
  • kill
  • level
  • lop
  • massacre
  • mow
  • mow down
  • raze
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • abatement
  • compression
  • condensation
  • constriction
  • contraction
  • cutback
  • decline
  • declining
  • decrescence
  • depression
  • diminution
  • discount
  • downturn
  • dwindling
  • ebb
  • adulterate
  • alter
  • attenuate
  • cook
  • cut
  • decrease
  • deliquesce
  • diffuse
  • diminish
  • doctor
  • doctor up
  • irrigate
  • lace
  • lessen
  • liquefy
  • clear
  • discharge
  • disembarrass
  • disencumber
  • dump
  • empty
  • free
  • liberate
  • lighten
  • release
  • relieve
  • unburden
  • unchain
  • unload
  • unpack
  • alleviate
  • disengage
  • lighten
  • relieve
  • rid
  • unload
  • affluence
  • ataraxia
  • bed of roses
  • calm
  • calmness
  • comfort
  • content
  • contentment
  • easiness
  • enjoyment
  • gratification
  • happiness
  • idleness
  • inactivity
  • inertia
  • abandoned
  • bare
  • barren
  • blank
  • clear
  • dead
  • deflated
  • depleted
  • desert
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • despoiled
  • destitute
  • devoid
  • dry
  • abate
  • abolish
  • annihilate
  • blot out
  • demolish
  • deracinate
  • do away with
  • efface
  • eliminate
  • erase
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • liquidate
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • downplay
  • excuse
  • justify
  • make allowances
  • minimize
  • moderate
  • palliate
  • qualify
  • reduce
  • soften
  • aid
  • ease
  • expedite
  • forward
  • further
  • grease the wheels
  • hand-carry
  • help
  • make easy
  • open doors
  • promote
  • run interference for
  • simplify
  • smooth
  • speed
  • chargeless
  • comp
  • complimentary
  • costless
  • for love
  • for nothing
  • free of cost
  • free ride
  • freebie
  • gratis
  • gratuitous
  • handout
  • on the cuff
  • on the house
  • paper
  • abandon
  • abdicate
  • cashier
  • cast
  • cast off
  • deep-six
  • discard
  • dump
  • expel
  • heave
  • hurl
  • junk
  • maroon
  • reject
  • scrap
  • abate
  • abridge
  • amputate
  • attenuate
  • become smaller
  • clip
  • close
  • contract
  • crop
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • de-escalate
  • decline
  • decrease
  • be suspended
  • defy gravity
  • drift
  • float
  • fly
  • hang
  • hover
  • rise
  • soar
  • be beaten
  • be defeated
  • cave in
  • collapse
  • crumple
  • decline
  • decrease
  • descend
  • droop
  • drop
  • fold
  • founder
  • go under
  • keel
  • lessen
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • ameliorate
  • assuage
  • attenuate
  • buoy
  • change
  • comfort
  • cut down
  • decrease
  • dilute
  • disburden
  • disencumber
  • ease
  • empty
  • abate
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • appease
  • assuage
  • blunt
  • calm
  • come together
  • cool
  • dull
  • ease
  • extenuate
  • lessen
  • meet halfway
  • moderate
  • abate
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • ameliorate
  • appease
  • assuage
  • blunt
  • calm
  • compose
  • conciliate
  • cool
  • cushion
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • dulcify
  • clear
  • consume
  • decant
  • deplete
  • discharge
  • disgorge
  • drain
  • drink
  • dump
  • ebb
  • eject
  • escape
  • evacuate
  • exhaust
  • expel
  • adjourn
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • dillydally
  • drag one's feet
  • hold off
  • hold over
  • lag
  • lay over
  • linger
  • loiter
  • poke
  • postpone
  • prorogue
  • put back
  • abate
  • abridge
  • bankrupt
  • bant
  • break
  • cheapen
  • chop
  • clip
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • debase
  • deflate
  • abate
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • appease
  • assuage
  • break
  • brighten
  • calm
  • comfort
  • console
  • cure
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • divert
  • dull
  • abolish
  • abstract
  • amputate
  • carry away
  • carry off
  • cart off
  • clear away
  • cut out
  • delete
  • depose
  • detach
  • dethrone
  • dig out
  • discard
  • discharge
  • about-face
  • alteration
  • bend
  • change
  • changeover
  • conversion
  • deflection
  • deviation
  • displacement
  • double
  • fault
  • modification
  • move
  • passage
  • permutation
  • booty
  • catch
  • catching
  • cut
  • gate
  • haul
  • holding
  • part
  • proceeds
  • receipts
  • return
  • returns
  • revenue
  • share
  • takings
  • breathe easy
  • calm down
  • catch one's breath
  • chill out
  • collect oneself
  • compose oneself
  • cool off
  • feel at home
  • hang loose
  • lie down
  • loosen up
  • make oneself at home
  • mellow out
  • put one's feet up
  • recline
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • beanpole
  • beanstalk
  • bony
  • cadaverous
  • delicate
  • emaciated
  • ethereal
  • featherweight
  • fragile
  • gangling
  • gangly
  • gaunt
  • haggard
  • bring forward
  • bring to light
  • bring up
  • chime in
  • come out with
  • declare
  • deliver
  • produce
  • reveal
  • say
  • state
  • suggest
  • tell
  • utter
  • clear
  • confess
  • confide
  • disburden
  • discharge
  • disclose
  • disencumber
  • dispose of
  • divulge
  • dump
  • ease
  • empty
  • get off one's chest
  • lay bare
  • let hair down
  • break bulk
  • cast
  • clear out
  • disburden
  • discharge
  • discommode
  • disencumber
  • disgorge
  • dump
  • get rid of
  • jettison
  • lighten
  • off-load
  • relieve
  • remove
  • better
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • construe
  • define
  • dramatize
  • edify
  • elucidate
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • expound
  • express
  • finish
  • give insight
  • gloss
  • assemble
  • bring about
  • cobble up
  • cock
  • compose
  • construct
  • create
  • effect
  • elevate
  • fabricate
  • fashion
  • fit together
  • forge
  • form
  • found

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