It softens the force of your assertions without negating them.
He delivered these words in an unhurried slur: his warm Southern accent and peculiar enunciation soften the percussive force of his syllables, as if he were drumming with brushes.
French and American diplomats searched for a compromise in talks last week, Council diplomats said, discussing word changes in the United States draft resolution that would soften the threat of force to a warning of "serious consequences".
The SC-CBF has a column base detail that permits column uplift at a specified level of overturning moment resulting from lateral forces, softening the lateral force-lateral drift behavior of the system.
That defiant stance could soften, given the force of the government's case.
That's what "leadership" is: You create a sentimental argument so powerful that the hard hearts of dedicated opponents soften under the force of its obviousness.
If the Pentagon were to get a handle on basic financial management, we could soften the blow of furloughs and force reductions, ensuring that we don't harm our force readiness.
The other reason was more political: "Given that these soldiers will be overwhelmingly francophone [therefore speaking the same language as many Haitians, unlike the Portuguese-speaking Brazilian troops], the UN might be attempting to soften the image of their current force and focus on winning the hearts and minds of the population".
Also, as there are different classes of sessile hemocytes, all of which might get disrupted by physical force, perhaps soften the emphasis on which specific pool is affected.
The government was forced to soften the pay cuts.
