meaning of diminution
1.  The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase. 
2.  The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement. 
3.  Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record. 
4.  In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself. 
5.  the act of decreasing or reducing something
						 
