atenuar

v. attenuate; extenuate; weaken

v. reduce, lessen, attenuate, diminish

= reduce, temper, mitigate, attenuate, tone down, dim, water down, take + the bite out of, soft-pedal.
Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
Ex: This advantage must be tempered by the fact that the standard centrally produced record may not always be consistent with local requirements.
Ex: Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.
Ex: In the emerging technological environment of distributed systems, however, the informal or even formal links between source and user are attenuated or broken.
Ex: We found an increasing trend toward a more structured approach in data gathering procedures, while loose data collection was toned down significantly.
Ex: At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.
Ex: One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.
Ex: The aim of this paper is to chart a different course of interpretation through Husserl's earliest work; a course which doesn't take all of the bite out of Heidegger's critique of technology.
Ex: Antisemitism soft-pedal the importance of religious belief for comprehending the persistence of Jew-hatred.