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lower (Below), verb bring down, bring low, decrease, de-escalate, demote, descend, detrude, down further, drop, go down, go under, immerse, incline, less, lessen, lesser, let down, lower level, push down

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lower (Reduce), verb cutback, declass, decrease, defrock, demote, depose, depreciate, devaluate, diminish, disbar, discount, dissipated, downgrade, downplay, dropped, lessen, lesser, lowered, modify, pared down, play down, quell, relieve, remove, scale down, smaller, soften, soothe, strip, subtract, take away

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See also: debase, decrease, deduct, defame, demean, demote, denigrate, depreciate, depress, derogate, deteriorate, diminish, discount, disgrace, humiliate, inferior, lessen, minimize, minor, moderate, modify, pervert, pillory, reduce, subaltern, subdue, subordinate, subservient