leaven, n.
(leavens)
(leavens)
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
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leaven leavening
sample sentences
"his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
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leaven leavening
lexical pointers
derivationally related form