Crossword-Solution: DIMINUTION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Diminution | n. | 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. |
| Diminution | n. | The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement. |
| Diminution | n. | Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record. |
| Diminution | n. | In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself. |
We have 62 clues for the answer “DIMINUTION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration | 1 answer |
| DESCENDING order | 8 answers |
| deceleration | 9 answers |
| withering | 10 answers |
| COMPRESSION ___ | 10 answers |
| declension | 14 answers |
| abridgment | 16 answers |
| wear and tear | 16 answers |
| Wastage | 20 answers |
| Abbreviation | 22 answers |
| Dilapidation | 22 answers |
| subtraction | 23 answers |
| deducting | 24 answers |
| taking away | 26 answers |
| cutback | 28 answers |
| flexing | 43 answers |
| Tensing | 43 answers |
| metamorphosing | 43 answers |
| shrivelling | 43 answers |
| degenerating | 43 answers |
| altering | 44 answers |
| constricting | 44 answers |
| truncation | 44 answers |
| tightening | 44 answers |
| withdrawing | 45 answers |
| curtailment | 46 answers |
| contracting | 47 answers |
| Sinking ___ | 47 answers |
| Rebate | 49 answers |
| waning | 49 answers |
| deteriorating | 49 answers |
| decrement | 50 answers |
| Abridgement | 50 answers |
| reducing | 50 answers |
| dropping | 51 answers |
| abating | 51 answers |
| pulling | 51 answers |
| draining | 53 answers |
| DIMINISHING ___ | 56 answers |
| compendium | 56 answers |
| DISCOUNT ___ | 58 answers |
| mitigation | 60 answers |
| shrinkage | 61 answers |
| constriction | 61 answers |
| squeezing | 62 answers |
| decreasing | 62 answers |
| Shrinking ___ | 64 answers |
| Decay | 65 answers |
| Forfeit | 65 answers |
| loss | 67 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AAER
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with DIMINUTION (5)
Hither as to thir Fountain other Starrs Repairing, in thir gold’n Urns draw Light, And hence the Morning Planet guilds his horns; By tincture or reflection they augment Thir small peculiar, though from human sight So farr remote, with diminution seen.
The adjustment of the farmer’s hazy conceptions of her charms to the portrait of herself she now presented him with was less a diminution than a difference.
Hope's criticism resulted in the diminution of financial support to Atlanta University where Hope was president.
The two years that had elapsed since Tarzan had come out of the savage forest with his rescued mate had witnessed slight diminution of the mighty powers that had made him the invincible lord of the jungle.
But it has been found by the wisest of our Circles or Statesmen that the multiplication of restrictions on Females tends not only to the debilitation and diminution of the race, but also to the increase of domestic murders to such an extent that a State loses more than it gains by a too prohibitive Code.
Quotes with DIMINUTION (3)
Careful... Once you push that button, there's no going back. This will end in two ways; the tragic loss of your sanity or the catastrophic diminution of my reality. You still want to know me? Bring a light, before my darkness swallows you whole
In all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones. You call this a Paradox, and demand my Reasons. They are these:1. Because as they have more Knowledge of the World and their Minds are better stor’d with Observations, their Conversation is more improving and more lastingly agreable.2. Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good. To maintain their Influence over Men, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility. They learn t…
Self-denial can lock women into a smug and critical condescension to other, less devout women. According to Appel, cult members develop..." an attitude of moral superiority, a contempt for secular laws, rigidity of thought, and the diminution of regard for the individual." A premium is placed on conformity to the cult group; deviation is penalized. "Beauty" is derivative; conforming to the Iron Maiden [an intrinsically unattainable standard of beauty that is then used to puni…