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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun lightening has 2 senses

• lightening(n = noun.event) Array - descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped; Array
is a kind of descent

• lightening(n = noun.act) whitening - changing to a lighter color; Array
is a kind of change of color
has particulars: bleach

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THESAURUS

lightening

abatement, achromatization, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, assuagement, blanching, bleach, bleaching, blunting, brightening, calming, damping, deadening, decoloration, decolorization, decolorizing, demulsion, diminution, disburdening, discoloration, disembarrassment, disencumbering, disencumberment, disencumbrance, dulcification, dulling, easement, easing, enlightening, etiolation, fading, falling-off, hushing, illuminating, illumining, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lighting, loosening, lulling, madder bleach, market bleach, mitigation, modulation, mollification, pacification, paling, palliation, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relief, relieving, remission, slackening, softening, soothing, subduement, tempering, tranquilization, unballasting, unburdening, unfreighting, unlading, unloading, unsaddling, untaxing, unweighting, whitening

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