0 present participle of lighten --
2 to make a difficult situation or responsibility easier: --
Getting a new assistant will lighten (= reduce) the workload considerably.
3 to make something lighter: --
It was only a plea for lightening the load slightly and not a plea for throwing the whole thing over.
Therefore, the amendment seeks simplification and a lightening of the burden.
I take it that we may hope for some lightening of our burden in the not too distant future.
He accepts that in the schools and for teachers there must be a lightening of the burden.
Lightening the tax burden on food would make an immediate difference to how much money people had in their pocket.
These measures are only a small step in the direction of lightening the burden, though.
We favour lightening the tax burden on workers, but the solution does not involve so-called 'environmental taxation' of energy or pollution.
Humor as tension relief0 lightening the heaviness.
