Definition of "lightens" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten. (verb)

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• "As it quiets, the skin lightens and the reflectivity is less noticeable."
• "Everybody was looking at me ... then all of a sudden everybody starts to smile and talk, the mood just kind of lightens up."
• ""He can say whatever about me ... but there are so many women like me, in my situation, that I just feel when there is this laughter, if you are in that situation out there, it kind of lightens it.""