fra: adoucir

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Meaning
means	(verb) make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry" soften
means	(verb) make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal" sweeten
means	(verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" palliate, extenuate, mitigate
means	(verb) make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface" dull
means	(verb) make less sharp; "blunt the knives" blunt
means	(verb) make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" dull, blunt
means	(verb) make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" soften, mince, moderate
means	(verb) decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" fall, decrease, diminish, lessen
means	(verb) make smaller; "He decreased his staff" lessen, minify, decrease
means	(verb) cause to become sober; "A sobering thought" sober
means	(verb) make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances" mitigate
means	(verb) restrain chasten, moderate, temper
means	(verb) correct by punishment or discipline chasten, subdue, tame
means	(verb) become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it" soften
means	(verb) cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation" soothe