LIGHTEN

• (verb) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive

  "relieve the pressure and the stress", "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"

  synonyms : relieve

• (verb) become lighter

  "The room lightened up"

  synonyms : lighten up

• (verb) make lighter or brighter

  "The paint will brighten the room"

  synonyms : brighten , lighten up

• (verb) become more cheerful

  "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"

  synonyms : buoy up , lighten up

• (verb) reduce the weight on; make lighter

  "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"

• (verb) make more cheerful

  "the conversation lightened me up a bit"

  synonyms : buoy up , lighten up

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