Hey there,
jdpindak wrote:

The website auditor is suggesting i reduce the prominence of my keyword in my title tag?

Well, it's a general practice to put the most important keywords closer to the beginning of a page title. However, the analysis of your top competitors revealed that there was no such tendency among them. Since the main idea is to make your page look like the pages of your top competitors, you were recommended to reduce the keyword prominence in your title.
If you'd like to get a more detailed explanation, please create a ticket at our support desk with the URL of the page you are optimizing, your keyword, and the target search engine.