destress
de-emphasize
de-emphasise
de-emphasis
deprioritize
downplay
blur the line
minimizer
refocus
deflect
contrahedonic
back off
reducent
take down
dumb
bring down
distract
let down
underactuate
red herring
damp down
dampen down
minimand
shrug off
subconductance
unfocus
quieten down
ungloss
boil down
minimizable
cut
take one's eye off the ball
decoct
dial down
overstress
downscale
cloud
minimalize
drift off
dedramatize
stick to one's text
stupefy
reducer
slash
tune out
tamp
bust
beprose
neuter
cut back
deconcentrate
moderate
ease
disrate
dial back
underemphasize
pare down
downrate
derank
taper
cut-down
demotivate
decapacitate
drop
reductive
soft-pedal
hypostimulation
stifle
no big whoop
dampen
pull the reins in on something
reductivist
upstage
counterinhibition
condense
underscore
water down
extenuate
downtone
devaluate
palliate
mitigate
heterogenium
rebate
cut down
bat away
focusing
refocusing
quintessentialize
befog
cool down
degrade