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DIMINUTION, n. [L.]

1. The act of lessening; a making smaller; opposed to augmentation; as the diminution of size, of wealth, of power, of safety.

2. The state of becoming or appearing less; opposed to increase; as the diminution of the apparent diameter of a receding body.

3. Discredit; loss of dignity; degradation.

4. Deprivation of dignity; a lessening of estimation.

5. In architecture, the contraction of the upper part of a column, by which its diameter is made less than that of the lower part.

6. In music, the imitation of or reply to a subject in notes of half the length or value of those of the subject itself.
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Diminution (diminution)
n.(?)
Dim`i*nu"tion
[L. diminutio, or perh. rather deminutio: cf. F. diminution. See Diminish.]
  1. The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.
  2. The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement.

    The world's opinion or diminution of me. Eikon Basilike.

    Nor thinks it diminution to be ranked
    In military honor next.
    Philips.

  3. Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.
  4. In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.

    Syn. -- Decrease; decay; abatement; reduction; deduction; decrement.


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