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1 buffer
(an apparatus for lessening the force with which a moving object strikes something.) buferis, amortizatorius -
2 decline
1. verb1) (to say `no' to (an invitation etc); to refuse: We declined his offer of a lift.) atsisakyti2) (to become less strong or less good etc: His health has declined recently; Our profits have temporarily declined.) blogėti, silpnėti, mažėti2. noun(a gradual lessening or worsening (of health, standards, quantity etc): There has been a gradual decline in the birthrate.) (su)mažėjimas, silpnėjimas, kritimas -
3 diminution
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4 relief
[rə'li:f]1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) palengvėjimas2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; ( also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) pagalba, šalpa3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; ( also adjective) a relief driver.) pamainininkas4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) išvadavimas iš apsiausties5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) reljefas•- relieve- relieved -
5 remission
[-ʃən]1) (a lessening in the severity of an illness etc.) ligos atoslūgis, remisija2) (a shortening of a person's prison sentence.) bausmės sušvelninimas3) (the act of remitting.) pervedimas
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