spa: atenuación

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Meaning
means	(noun) the property of something that has been weakened or reduced in thickness or density attenuation
means	(noun) understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes" meiosis, litotes
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means	(noun) to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious palliation, extenuation, mitigation