Associations to the word «Diminution»
Noun
- Gravity
- Necessity
- Accumulation
- Degree
- Import
- Wealth
- Destruction
- Temperature
- Comet
- Artery
- Beethoven
- Respect
- Million
- Mortality
- Neglect
- Expense
- Resentment
- Employment
- Taxation
- Thickness
- Velocity
- Cultivation
- Fatigue
- Calculation
- Consideration
- Sum
- Trade
- Debt
- Ration
- Strength
- Moisture
- Dominion
- Fertility
- Bulk
- Compression
- Wage
- Pressure
- Influence
- Atmosphere
- Clergy
- Sensation
- Suffering
- Commodity
- Cent
- Effect
- Inclination
- Aging
- Treasury
- Variation
- Happiness
- Magnitude
- Attraction
- Cause
- Intercourse
- Liberty
- Commerce
- Testimony
- Reflection
- Merit
- Erosion
- Cruelty
- Salary
- Decline
- Advantage
Adjective
Wiktionary
DIMINUTION, noun. A lessening, decrease or reduction.
DIMINUTION, noun. The act or process of making diminutive.
DIMINUTION, noun. (music) The shortening of the notes of a melody or theme.
Dictionary definition
DIMINUTION, noun. Change toward something smaller or lower.
DIMINUTION, noun. The statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original).
DIMINUTION, noun. The act of decreasing or reducing something.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.