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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soften/ˈsɒfn/

▶verb

1 make or become soft or softer.

2 (often soften someone/thing up) undermine the resistance of.

– derivatives
softener noun.

'softening' also found in these Oxford entries:

brown rot - cold cream - dubbin - emollient - osteomalacia - pedal - rickets - stump

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