[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

moderating \moderating\ adj.
   lessening in intensity or strength. opposite of
   intensifying. narrower terms: tempering; weakening
   wordnet 1.5
see also:
intensifying tempering weakening 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

weaken \weak"en\, v. t. imp.  p. p. weakened; p. pr.  vb.
   n. weakening.
   1913 webster
   1. to make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of
      strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to
      weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a
      magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an
      argument.
      1913 webster

            their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it
            be not done.                          --neh. vi. 9.
      1913 webster

   2. to reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken
      tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.
      1913 webster
see also:
weakened weakening 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

weakening
     adj 1: causing debilitation syn: debilitative, enervating, enfeebling
     2: moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
     n 1: becoming weaker ant: strengthening
     2: the act of reducing the strength of something ant: strengthening
see also:
debilitative enervating enfeebling strengthening 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

91 moby thesaurus words for "weakening":
   abatement, abridgment, alleviation, attenuation, attrition,
   bankruptcy, blunting, breakage, breakdown, collapse, contraction,
   crack-up, crippling, damage, dampening, damping, deadening,
   debilitation, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction,
   deflation, depreciation, depression, destruction, detriment,
   devitalization, devitalizing, dilapidation, dilution, diminishment,
   diminution, disablement, disrepair, draining, dulling, dying,
   dying off, effemination, encroachment, enervating, enervation,
   enfeeblement, enfeebling, evisceration, exhausting, exhaustion,
   extenuation, fade-out, fatigue, fatiguing, grueling, harm,
   hobbling, hurt, hurting, impairment, inanition, incapacitation,
   infringement, injury, inroad, languishment, lessening, letup, loss,
   lowering, maiming, mayhem, miniaturization, mischief, mitigation,
   mutilation, reduction, relaxation, ruination, ruinousness,
   sabotage, sagging, sapping, scaling down, scathe, sickening,
   simplicity, slackening, softening, spoiling, subtraction, thinning,
   trying

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NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - California Weakening
...California Weakening Daily Policy Digest Economic Issues. Tuesday, ... ..
http://www.ncpa.org/iss/eco/2004/pd031604b.html, score=100, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 3:42 pm

Wired News: U.S. Cyber Security Weakening
...... Cyber Security Weakening  Page 1 of 1. Reuters. 11:15 AM Jan. 08, 2002 ... ..
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,49570,00.html, score=77, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 8:35 am

NASA - Top Story - SATELLITES RECORD WEAKENING NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT - April 15...
...... the atmosphere may be playing a bigger role in the weakening current. ... SATELLITES RECORD WEAKENING NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT.  . Item 1. See ... ..
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2004/0415gyre.html, score=72, date indexed=January 26, 2006, 10:36 pm

CNN.com - El Nino weakening, experts say - Mar. 6, 2003
...... helped bring unusual weather to parts of the country is weakening, ... El Nino weakening, experts say. Scientists say the warm water ... ..
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/03/06/el.nino.ap/index.html, score=72, date indexed=December 22, 2005, 1:35 am

American Roentgen Ray Society - Anonymous
...Bone Marrow Fat May Indicate Bone Weakening. Measuring bone marrow fat ... BMD) can better predict weakening of bones than either test done alone ... ..
http://www.arrs.org/scriptcontent/pressroom/archive/2004/r041201f.cfm, score=69, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 9:22 pm

The Weakening of Strong Ties. Many-to-Many:
...September 15, 2003 The Weakening of Strong Ties. Posted by Ross ... ..
http://www.corante.com/many/archives/2003/09/15/the_weakening_of_strong_ties.php, score=67, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 6:22 pm

CNN.com - Page Not Found
... ..
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/21/gang.truces.ap/index.html, score=66, date indexed=January 1, 2006, 8:43 am

Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | None
... ..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4179069,00.html, score=64, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 12:37 pm

CBS News | Earth's Magnetic Field Weakening | December 12, 2003 15:19:35
...Over the southern Atlantic Ocean, a continued weakening of the ... Instead, the weakening, measured since 1845, could represent little ... ..
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/12/tech/main588311.shtml, score=62, date indexed=January 24, 2006, 8:19 am

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