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verb (v)

• represent as less significant or important(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  downplay, minimise, minimize
  Antonym:
  amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
  

  source: wordnet30
• To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.(verb)

  source: webster1913