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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.