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  • verb Present participle of weaken.
  • noun An instance or process of loss of strength
  • noun uncountable (mathematics) A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions

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  • adjective moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
  • noun the act of reducing the strength of something
  • noun becoming weaker
  • adjective causing debilitation

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