atenuar
a.te.nu.ar

vt
1 to attenuate: a) to extenuate. b) to make thin or slender. c) to weaken. d) to lessen, diminish: a idade juvenil atenua a culpa / youth lessens guilt. e) to dilute, reduce. f) to mitigate, ease: o tempo atenuará a sua dor / time will dull the edge of his pain.
2 to taper.
3 to commute.