1. (verb)slake, abate, slack make less active or intense
2. (verb)abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away become less in amount or intensity "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
Definitions of 'ABATE'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)ABATE abatement
2. (verb)ABATE to beat down; to overthrow
3. (verb)ABATE to bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope
4. (verb)ABATE to deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price
5. (verb)ABATE to blunt
6. (verb)ABATE to reduce in estimation; to deprive
7. (verb)ABATE to bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ
8. (verb)ABATE to diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets
9. (verb)ABATE to decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates
10. (verb)ABATE to be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates
Definition of ABATE 
