Thesaurus: soften

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1. v. t. To make soft or more soft.
2. v. t. To render less hard; -- said of matter.
3. v. t. To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
4. v. t. To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
5. v. t. To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
6. v. t. To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
7. v. t. To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
8. v. t. To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
9. v. t. To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
10. v. i. To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
11. v. make (images or sounds) soft or softer
12. v. lessen in force or effect