Antonyms for diminution

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dim-uh-noo-shuh n, -nyoo-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪm əˈnu ʃən, -ˈnyu-

Definition of diminution

Origin : c.1300, from Anglo-French diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin diminutionem (nominative diminutio), earlier deminutionem, noun of action from past participle stem of deminuere (see diminish).

noun lessening, reduction

Example sentences :

In buying or selling, any excess or diminution of what the law allows shall be registered.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The difficulty increases with the increase, and diminishes with the diminution of the number.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

We have borne the heat without any diminution of natural strength.
Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves

There seems no diminution in the plague yet, that we can discern.
Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves

The diminution is often considerable, often indeed absolute.
Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich

The diminution is chiefly at the expense of the polynuclear cells.
Extract from : « Histology of the Blood » by Paul Ehrlich

It was long before there arrived any diminution in the unholy racket.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

Do they observe, or fancy they observe, any diminution in the strength of England?
Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand

The diminution revealed by the 1911 Census amounts to 76,000.
Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender

There shall be no diminution of my love, no retraction of my promises.
Extract from : « The Romance of an Old Fool » by Roswell Field

Synonyms for diminution

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