decrease, diminish, lessen, fall (verb)

decrease in size, extent, or range

"The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

decrease, lessen, minify (verb)

make smaller

"He decreased his staff"

subside, lessen (verb)

wear off or die down

"The pain subsided"

lessen (Verb)

To make less; to diminish; to reduce.

lessen (Verb)

To become less.

lessen

Lessines (French pronunciation: [lɛsin] (listen); Dutch: Lessen, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛsə(n)] (listen); Picard: Lissene, Walloon: Lissene) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. As of the 2014 census, The municipality's total population was 18,637. The total area is 72.29 km² (27.91 square miles) which gives a population density of 247 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Bois-de-Lessines, Deux-Acren, Ghoy, Lessines, Ogy, Ollignies, Papignies, and Wannebecq. Lessines is a municipality of Picardy Wallonia. It is primarily known as the birthplace of the Surrealist painter René Magritte (1898 – 1967).