To diminish, withdraw, restrain, or take away a portion. Used of reducing quantity, clipping rights, or withholding what is due. Carries the sense of making something less than it should be.
Gara appears in one of Scripture's strongest warnings about handling God's Word: 'You shall not add to the word... nor take away from it' (Deut 4:2; 12:32). This establishes the completeness and sufficiency of divine revelation. To diminish God's Word is to diminish God Himself. The word also appears in contexts of unjust labor practices — Pharaoh 'diminished' Israel's straw rations (Ex 5:8) — connecting textual integrity with social justice.