v. 25B6; verb
the pain will gradually diminish : DECREASE, lessen, decline, reduce, subside, die down, abate, dwindle, fade, slacken off, moderate, let up, ebb, wane, recede, die away/out, peter out; archaic remit.
new legislation diminished the courts' authority : REDUCE, decrease, lessen, curtail, cut, cut down/back, constrict, restrict, limit, curb, check; weaken, blunt, erode, undermine, sap.
she lost no opportunity to diminish him : BELITTLE, disparage, denigrate, defame, deprecate, run down; decry, demean, cheapen, devalue; formal derogate.
increase.