weakening

  1. Verb.  (present participle of, weaken) .
  2. Noun.  An instance or process of loss of strength.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) (mathematics) A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.

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