Meaning & use
diminishment
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The act or process of becoming or making something smaller, weaker, or less significant.
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The treaty led to a gradual diminishment of the empire's territory.
Years of neglect resulted in the diminishment of the once-thriving forest.
A note on using this word
"Diminishment" and "diminution" are near-synonyms; "diminution" is somewhat more common in formal and legal writing.
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