reduction synonyms

reduction

n.

  1. The process of making smaller

    decrease, contraction, diminution, lowering, lessening, shortening, abatement, discount, reducing, conversion, deoxidation, refinement, attenuation, atrophy, condensation, loss, decline, compression, depression, subtraction, retrenchment, downsizing, cutback, shrinkage, miniaturization, concision, constriction, modification, minimization, curtailment, abbreviation, abridgment, decrescence, syncope, ellipsis, elision, assuagement, modulation, moderation, mitigation, remission, decrement.

    Antonyms increase*, increasing*, enlargement. *

  2. An amount that constitutes reduction, sense 1

    decrease, rebate, cut; see discount.

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