"word choice etc" in German word choice etc.) etw. entschärfen etw. abschwächen (Kritik Wortwahl etc.) Detailed translations for "word choice etc" word choice etc.) word choice etc.)(also: to soften, to defuse, to ease sth., to take some of the tension out of sth.) etw. entschärfen word choice etc.)(also: to soften, to tone down, to water down sth. (criticism) etw. abschwächen (Kritik{transitive verb} word choice etc.)(also: to soften, to tone down, to water down sth. (criticism) Wortwahl etc.)