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noun • freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort • a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state • the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) • freedom from constraint or embarrassment • freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) verb • move gently or carefully • lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate • make easier • lessen the intensity of or calm | ||||||||
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noun • a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid • an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something verb • cause to puff up with a leaven | ||||||||
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noun • the whiteness that results from removing the color from something • an agent that makes things white or colorless • the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) verb • cause to become white or lighter in color • make whiter or lighter | ||||||||
Lightens Crossword Clue
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| New York Times03 Dec 2017 | Down 11 | |
| New York Times13 Feb 2005 | Down 23 | |
| New York Times15 Jan 1995 | Across 35 | |
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7 | Substance that lightens hair color |
