diminution in the PONS Dictionary

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Officers of the division supervise adult offenders who are released to the community on probation, parole, diminution of sentence, or medical furlough.
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He complained of this diminution of his dignity to the empress in a private memorial in the course of 1793.
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It is the wear and tear of an asset or diminution in the historical value owing to usage.
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In 1973, the massive increase in the price of oil was followed by a slump in copper prices and a diminution of export earnings.
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The last difference between the two cases was the diminution in value of the coal companies' properties.
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Nor is it a diminution of our characters which survive him that therein the colonel was the common father of us all.
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Some students have begun to think of it as a strategy to disguise retrenchment and diminution.
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The basic meaning of diminution in these languages is smallness of the object named; endearment, intimacy, etc. is secondary and dependent on context.
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Some believe he has contributed to a diminution of the museum, from temple to forum.
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In 1850, due to the political situation and the diminution of the citadel's defensive role, the fortification is abandoned, becoming a ruin.
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