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Diminish Within Reason Crossword Clue

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adjective

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

noun

• a person who takes a position in the political center

adjective satellite

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

verb

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

26%15 Finding a logical or sensible reason for something that was initially done without reason
noun

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

• the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason

• (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation

• the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency

• systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale

26%13 Characteristic that evolves for one reason but later provides an advantage for another reason
noun

• An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function

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