To tone down

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	To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower tone to.
(Paint.)	To modify, as color, by making it less brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition of color, by making it more harmonius.

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mitigate
moderate
mute
soften
softened

subdue
tame
Tone
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And I think, Grahame, that lately she has been trying constantly, persistently, to tone down my opinions.

The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

Prince Andrew, who had evidently wished to tone down the awkwardness of Pierre's remarks, rose and made a sign to his wife that it was time to go.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

But the Temple, accustomed to tone down both the still life and the human life that has much to do with it, would soon get the better of all that.

Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context

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