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/ˈsɒf^ən/

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soften

Sense: To become soft
- dissolve
- lessen
- diminish
- disintegrate
- become tender
- become mellow
- thaw
- melt
- moderate
- bend
- give
- yield
- relax
- relent
Sense: To make soft
- mollify
- mellow
- assuage
- moisten
- modify
- palliate
- appease
- temper
- tone down
- qualify
- lower
- tenderize
- enfeeble
- weaken
- mash
- knead
- decrease

'soften' also found in these entries:

alleviate - appease - assuage - comfort - commute - deaden - decrease - dissolve - droop - ease - emasculate - enfeeble - extenuate - gloze - melt - mince - mitigate - mollify - muffle - mute - palliate - relent - relieve - smooth - soak - subdue - sweeten - take the edge off - temper - thaw - thaw - tone down - weaken

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