Translation for "to water down" to german

To water down

verb

• verwässern
• abschwächen
• verdünnen
• panschen
• abmildern
• aufweichen

Translation examples

abschwächen verb

Wilhelm was certainly opposed to the draft bill at the outset, largely because it included clauses designed to water down his right to confirm or quash court verdicts, but there is much evidence to suggest that he tried at various points during 1895 to extricate himself from his commitment to secret trials, and was prevented from doing so by the peer group pressure that operated within the retinue.
Anfangs war er mit Sicherheit gegen den Gesetzentwurf, vor allem weil er Klauseln enthielt, die sein Recht, Gerichtsurteile zu bestätigen oder zu verwerfen, abschwächen sollten, aber es spricht manches dafür, dass er 1895 mehrmals versuchte, sich aus dem Engagement für geheime Gerichtsverfahren herauszuwinden.