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Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a)..

Compromise :: Compromise (n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement..

Qualification :: Qualification (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited; that which qualifies by limiting; modification; restriction; hence, abatement; diminution; as, to use words without any qualification..

Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.

Recrudescent :: Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic..

Deduction :: Deduction (n.) That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent..

Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates..

Rebate :: Rebate (v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.

Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.

Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off..

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..

Concoction :: Concoction (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To blunt.

Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..

Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set- off.

Quell :: Quell (v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.

Abater :: Abater (n.) One who, or that which, abates..

Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

Subsidence :: Subside (v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided..

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