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as in mellowing
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as in weakening
to diminish the physical strength of
three weeks of being sick in bed had noticeably softened her
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as in tempering
to lessen the shock of
had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal
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“Softening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/softening. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.
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