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1. (n.) abatement
reduction or alleviation; decrease.
2. abatement
suppression or termination:
noise abatement.
3. abatement
an amount deducted, as from the full price or tax.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < MF)
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| Definition of 'abatement' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
2. (noun) abatement
the act of abating
"laws enforcing noise abatement"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) abatement
the act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof
2. (noun) abatement
the amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed
3. (noun) abatement
a mark of dishonor on an escutcheon
4. (noun) abatement
the entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. abatement
a mark of disgrace in a coat of arms.
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Sense: to become less
The storm abated.
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 Afrikaans: uitwoeding |
 Arabic: تَخْفِيف، مَبْلَغ مُسقَط |
 Bulgarian: намаляване |
 Brazilian: diminuição |
 Czech: zeslabení, zmírnění |
 German: das Nachlassen |
 Danish: formindskelse; reduktion |
 Greek: ελάττωση, ύφεση |
 Spanish: disminución |
 Estonian: leevenemine, raugemine |
 Farsi: کاهش؛ تخفیف |
 Finnish: laantuminen |
 French: diminution |
 Hebrew: הַפחָתָה |
 Hindi: कमी |
 Croatian: popuštanje |
 Hungarian: enyhülés |
 Indonesian: pengurangan |
 Icelandic: minnkun, lækkun |
 Italian: diminuzione |
 Japanese: 減少 |
 Korean: 감소, 완화 |
 Lithuanian: sumažėjimas, nuslūgimas |
 Latvian: samazināšana; mazināšanās |
 Malay: keredaan |
 Dutch: het bedaren |
 Norwegian: tilbakegang, minking, red |
 Polish: słabnięcie |
 Persian: کاهش؛ تخفیف |
 Pashto: كمښت، تخفيف |
 Portuguese: diminuição |
 Romanian: domolire; reducere |
 Russian: ослабление |
 Slovak: zmenšenie |
 Slovenian: omejevanje |
 Serbian: smanjenje |
 Swedish: avtagande |
 Thai: การลดลง |
 Turkish: azal(t)ma |
 Taiwanese: 減輕，消退 |
 Ukrainian: зменшення, послаблення |
 Urdu: کم ، ہلکا |
 Vietnamese: sự dịu đi |
 Chinese: 减少，减轻 |
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