diminishes

Erasing people’s stories diminishes their humanity.

“The Penguin” may in name be concerned with the fall of Gotham’s organized crime underworld and Oz Cobb’s rise from a nobody to an immortal antagonist, but it’ll be a long time before Sofia Gigante's legend diminishes in our memory.

“That diminishes the unfortunate circumstances our nation’s dairies are facing.”

It also helps users avoid unpleasant encounters with either side of the law and diminishes the incentive to commit crime: why trap or steal when you can score every day for free?

"Although this idealized image of a free and harmonious American society is undeniably marred by the institution and legacy of slavery, overlooking the role of education and science as prerequisites for freedom and equality diminishes our ability to assess the historical and contemporary limits of American democracy critically."