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reducing collapse: loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer; "a doctor supervised her reducing"

easing collapse: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"; a change for the better

evisceration collapse: altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value; "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"; surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient

extenuating collapse: partially excusing or justifying; "extenuating circumstances"

softening collapse: the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat"

diminishing collapse: becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"

relaxation collapse: a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount; an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"; (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance; (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

relaxing collapse: affording or marked by rest or repose; "the time spent was pleasant and relaxing"; "a restful night"; "a cool and reposeful glen"

remedial collapse: tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education"

limiting collapse: strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"

analgesia collapse: absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness

restrictive collapse: (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports; serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

padding collapse: artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort

demulcent collapse: a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin; having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

pacification collapse: actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency; the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"

lightening collapse: descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped

easement collapse: (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)

cathartic collapse: strongly laxative; emotionally purging (of e.g. art); emotionally purging

weakening collapse: the act of reducing the strength of something; becoming weaker; moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

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