diminished ppl adjective. [dɪ'mɪnɪʃt] E17.
[from DIMINISH + -ED¹.]
1. That has been diminished; reduced. E17.
diminished responsibility Law mental weakness or disturbance not classifiable as insanity but recognized as ground for reducing the charge of murder to that of manslaughter.
■ Milton O thou [sun]..at whose sight all the Starrs Hide their diminisht heads.
■ Aldous Huxley Bernard had to slink back, diminished, to his rooms.

2. Music. Of an interval: less by a semitone than the corresponding minor or perfect interval. Of a chord: containing such an interval. Opp. AUGMENTED 2. E18.

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