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lightened

adjective as in relieved

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Depending on the coating and which glass surface it’s applied to, low-e coatings can also reflect infrared wavelengths toward the outside or the inside, keeping homes warmer in winter or lightening the load on air conditioners in summer.

Backup point guard Ish Smith, 32, will be called on to lighten some of Wall’s load.

As part of our “Lighter Living” concept, we host free monthly breathwork sessions to our community to help women lighten the emotional load of everyday life.

From Fortune

Automation lightens print workloadsPurpose-built digital content tools for newsrooms have made the process for putting together digital content close to seamless.

From Digiday

We should be doing our part to try to encourage them and put forth an effort to lighten the load of disappointment that they’re experiencing.

From Fortune

The mood was lightened considerably by the co-hosts of the podcast “Mom and Dad Are Fighting.”

Maybe her husband's administration lightened regulation of the financial industry and cut capital gains taxes.

Waists have been whittled, skin lightened, and breasts enhanced to ridiculous proportions.

Mitt Romney, the serious businessman known for his sober campaign style, has lightened up.

Out of the darkness we heard a haunting, wild call; the screen lightened and we were flying over trees shrouded in mist.

That his friend had withdrawn, was a pledge of his pacific wishes; and, with a lightened countenance, Louis rose from his knee.

To whatever extent the grants of royal domains were revoked, those burdens would be lightened.

Eric stood still, trembling with rage, while his eyes lightened scorn and indignation.

Excellenza Reverendissima, my prayers shall in the future be lightened by the memory of your presence.

When they had lightened her sufficiently, two of them sprang over into the cockpit and bailed to better advantage there.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lightened, such as: diminished, abated, allayed, alleviated, anesthetized, and null.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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