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Tare :: Tare (n.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc..

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

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

Addition :: Addition (n.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) 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..

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..

Bateless :: Bateless (a.) Not to be abated.

Batement :: Batement (n.) Abatement; diminution.

Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To abate; to become less decided.

Correction :: Correction (n.) Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach..

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

Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

Gusset :: Gusset (n.) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset..

Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

Abator :: Abator (n.) One who abates a nuisance.

Besayle :: Besayle (n.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished..

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.

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

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