softening verbal noun.
['sɒf(ǝ)nɪŋ] LME.[from SOFTEN + -ING1.]The action of
SOFTEN verb; an instance of this. Also foll. by
up.
softening of the brain degeneration of the brain tissue with loss of firmness;
colloq. senile dementia, esp. with paralysis.
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