To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.
To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.
To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.
To sharpen (an image) by creating a blurred ("unsharp") negative as a mask, and then combining that mask with the original.
out of focus; blurry.
dulled or intentionally blunt.