Usually means: Reduced in intensity, degree, amount.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word lessened:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. lessened: Merriam-Webster
  2. lessened: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lessened: Vocabulary.com
  4. Lessened, lessened: Wordnik
  5. lessened: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. lessened: Wiktionary
  7. Lessened, lessened: Dictionary.com
  8. lessened: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Lessened: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. lessened: Rhymezone
  11. Lessened: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. lessened: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. lessened: FreeDictionary.org
  14. lessened: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. lessened: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lessened: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lessened)

▸ adjective:  Having been lessened.

Similar:
diminished, mitigated, weakened, impaired, vitiated, enfeebled, untightened, loosened, debilitated, impoverished, more...

Opposite:
increased, heightened, amplified, augmented, intensified

Types:
reduced, decreased, diminished, weakened, abated, mitigated, eased, relieved, more...

Phrases:
increasingly lessened, lessened or diminished, unable to be lessened, more...

Adjectives:
little, wise, more, first, current, cold, pressure, hourly, whole, considerable

Colors:
    pale blue,     light gray,     soft pink,     faded yellow,     washed-out lavender, more...



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Similar:
diminished, mitigated, weakened, impaired, vitiated, enfeebled, untightened, loosened, debilitated, impoverished, more...

Opposite:
increased, heightened, amplified, augmented, intensified

Types:
reduced, decreased, diminished, weakened, abated, mitigated, eased, relieved, more...

Phrases:
increasingly lessened, lessened or diminished, unable to be lessened, more...

Adjectives:
little, wise, more, first, current, cold, pressure, hourly, whole, considerable

Colors:
    pale blue,     light gray,     soft pink,     faded yellow,     washed-out lavender, more...



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