noun
1. becoming weaker (Freq. 1)
• Ant: ↑strengthening
• Derivationally related forms: ↑weaken
• Hypernyms: ↑transformation, ↑transmutation, ↑shift
• Hyponyms:
↑debilitation, ↑enervation, ↑enfeeblement, ↑exhaustion, ↑atrophy, ↑withering, ↑attenuation, ↑fading, ↑fall, ↑downfall, ↑relaxation, ↑loosening, ↑slackening
2. the act of reducing the strength of something
• Ant: ↑strengthening
• Derivationally related forms: ↑weaken
• Hypernyms: ↑decrease, ↑diminution, ↑reduction, ↑step-down
• Hyponyms: ↑wilt, ↑wilting, ↑dilution, ↑etiolation
adjective
1. causing debilitation
• Syn: ↑debilitative, ↑enervating, ↑enfeebling
• Similar to: ↑debilitating
• Derivationally related forms: ↑debilitate (for: ↑debilitative)
2. moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
• Similar to: ↑moderating
Useful english dictionary. 2012.