Change
Lessen
Lessen verb - Make smaller.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Since he would only be freed by a fundamental change deep within the human soul, his friends decide to lessen the MC's burden at least a little bit by living their lives as best and as fully as they can.
Source: And I Must Scream / Video Games - This was obviously to lessen the change from one voice actor to the next, but no one was fooled.
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