Apply
Lessen
Lessen verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
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Both words in one sentence
- The default 10% don't apply if you die to another player though, probably to lessen the frustration when you get killed by much higher level characters (or ambushed by another player while low on health from fighting monsters).
Source: Continuing Is Painful
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Lessen and Apply. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/lessen
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