To become light or less heavy.

To make light or less heavy; reduce in weight; relieve of weight: as, to lighten coin by clipping or abrasion; to lighten a load or a ship.

To make less burdensome or oppressive; alleviate: as, to lighten the cares of life.

To cheer; gladden.

To make lighter in color or shade: as, to lighten the background of a picture.

To descend; settle down; light.

To become light or lighter; grow light or clear up; brighten: as, the sky lightens.

To emit flashes of lightning; shoot out as lightning; flash. See lightning. The lightning that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven shineth unto the other part.

To make light or bright; give light to; light up.

To illuminate mentally or spiritually; enlighten.

To send forth like lightning.

intransitive verb. To descend; to light.

intransitive verb. To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.

intransitive verb. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.

transitive verb. To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate

transitive verb. To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.

transitive verb. To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.

transitive verb. To free from trouble and fill with joy.

transitive verb. To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden

transitive verb. To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate.

transitive verb. To cheer; to exhilarate.

verb. To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.

verb. To make light or lighter in weight.

verb. To make less serious or more cheerful.

verb. To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.

verb. To become light or lighter in weight.

verb. To become less serious or more cheerful.

verb. To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.

verb. make lighter or brighter

verb. reduce the weight on; make lighter

verb. make more cheerful

verb. become lighter

verb. become more cheerful

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

"The response entitled lighten folks may well be right."

alleviate  brighten  diminish  light  

lighten up  

alter  change  cheer  cheer up  chirk up  

Brighton  Titan  Triton  brighten  enlighten  

abate  allay  alleviate  alleviate  assuage  

lightened  lightening  lightens