Lighten and Reduce

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Lighten

Lighten verb - To become glad or hopeful.

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Reduce is a synonym for lighten in ease topic. In some cases you can use "Reduce" instead a verb "Lighten", when it comes to topics like load, alleviate, make lighter.

Nearby Words: light, lightly, lightness, lighter, lightening

Reduce

Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.

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Lighten is a synonym for reduce in moderate topic. Sometimes you can use "Lighten" instead a verb "Reduce", if it concerns topics such as alleviate.

Nearby Words: reduced, reduction, reducing, reducible

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people	lighten people	reduce people
cost	lighten cost	reduce cost
sentence	lighten sentence	reduce sentence
load	lighten load	reduce load
Other words: weight, morale, armor, humans.

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Airplanes that have to make an emergency landing often dump fuel to lighten the load (the weight differential between full and empty tanks is a factor in landing) and/or reduce risk of fire.

Source: Emergency Cargo Dump

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