de-emphasis
de-emphasise
destress
de-emphasize
downplay
underemphasize
blur the line
slippage
minimizer
batement
de-escalation
overstatement
refocusing
deprioritize
extenuate
mitigate
palliate
underemphasis
no big whoop
unfocus
negative reinforcing stimulus
negative reinforcer
downshift
retrenchment
reduce
diminution
minimand
imminution
reductive
overemphasize
befog
down
divagate
wander
subconductance
take one's eye off the ball
stray
shrug off
digress
focally
refocus
actually
cut-down
cool down
overemphasis
stenosis
underemphasized
shrimpiness
decline
concentrational