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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin minuere 'to make less'

diminution

 noun
     
dim‧i‧nu‧tion [uncountable and countable] formal
a reduction in the size, number, or amount of something
diminution of/in
a diminution in value
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