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weakening
adjective as in falling
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adjective as in flagging
adjective as in lessening
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noun as in attenuation
noun as in attrition
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noun as in decline
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in devaluation
noun as in diminution
noun as in ebb
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noun as in enervation
noun as in enfeeblement
Example Sentences
The provisions weakening Dodd-Frank may still become law and the cromnibus may still pass.
And on the separatist frontlines there are no signs of a weakening will.
Christie said that while he absolutely supported the right to bear arms, he would prevent any “weakening” of existing gun laws.
Christianity is a particularly nervous subject, in part because of its role in weakening the last dynasty of imperial China.
First, it undercuts an already vulnerable, weakening economy.
A subtle current of desire passed through her body, weakening her hold upon the brushes and making her eyes burn.
If any weakening of resolve were in himself, it disappeared long before Tony's arrival on the scene.
A subsequent mental weakening would be no ground for annulling a marriage.
The mat shop is beginning to affect my health: the dust has inflamed my throat, and my eyesight is weakening in the constant dusk.
Now this was lucky, because I was weakening; I was getting afraid I had come; people might know my voice and find me out.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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