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8. dilute, thin, mix, admix, alloy, rarefy, Inf. doctor, Archaic, extenuate; (all of alcohol) weaken, cut, water, water down. reduction, n. 1. decrease, decreasing, loss, lessening, decline, cutback, rollback, decrement, decre-scence, depression; abbreviation, diminution, subtraction, subduction, shortening, condensing, condensation, compressing, compression, contracting, contraction; abridgement, syncope, ellipsis, elision; retrenchment, shrinking, shrinkage, narrowing, cutting down or short, cropping, clipping, concision, constricting, constriction; limiting, limitation, restricting, curtailing, curtailment; abstracting, abstraction, summarizing, summarization.
2. mitigation, easing, relaxing, relaxation, alleviating, alleviation, relief, attenuation, abatement, slackening, remission, assuagement; restraint, harnessing, bridling, repressing, repression, retardation, curbing, checking, tempering, temperance, modification, moderation; softening, modulating, toning down, tuning down, turning down, muffling, muting, quieting, silencing, deadening; braking, slowing down, throttling down, reining in; blunting, bating, dulling; incapacitating, incapacitation, enfeebling, debilitating, debility, weakening, weakness.
3. degradation, demotion, deposition. See degradation
(def. 1).
4. discount, cut, cutrate, deduction, write-off, concession, allowance; depreciation, devaluation; refund, rebate, reimbursement, remuneration, compensation; agio, premium.
5. miniature, copy, model, draft, sketch, abstract, outline, proposal, syllabus, rdsumd, prdcis, prospectus, conspectus, compendium, survey, epitome, brief, summary; abridgment, digest, pandect, condensation; synopsis, review, recapitulation. redundancy,
n. 1. repetition, pleonasm, tautology, battology; verbosity, prolixity, verbiage, wordiness, overamplification, windiness, long-windedness.
2. surplus, excess, hypertrophy, glut; superfluity, plethora, excessiveness, uselessness, needlessness, a fifth at bridge, fifth wheel; exaggeration, inflatedness, hyperbole, magnification; superabundance, lavishness, profusion, copiousness, repletion. redundant,
adj. 1. verbose, prolix, wordy, diffuse; tautological, pleonastic, repetitious, reiterating, batto-logical; periphrastic, roundabout, circumlocutory; fustian, bombastic, windy, long-winded.
2. excessive, excess, in excess, hypertrophic, exorbitant; more than enough, more than ample, overmuch, superfluous,
Fr. de trop, too much, surplus, plethoric; unnecessary, needless, unwarranted, useless, needed like a hole in the head, about as useful as a fifth wheel.
3. superabundant, lavish, profuse, prodigal, bountiful, copious, inexhaustible, replete; exuberant, extravagant, luxuriant; inflated, hyperbolic, exaggerated, inordinate, immoderate. reduplicate, v. double, repeat, duplicate; echo, imitate, ape, iterate, do again; copy, ditto, replicate, facsimile. reecho, v. echo back, echo back and forth, resound, reverberate, resonate; bounce back, repeat again; ring, peal. reedy,
adj. 1. stalky, long, tall, slender, thin, thin as a rail, skinny, slim, wispy.
2. piping, pipy, shrill; windy, airy; silvery, mellifluous, mellow, sweet, musical. reef,
n. bar, sand bar, bank, sandbank, shoal, shallows, flat, mud flat, ridge, coral ridge.

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