Definition of abate

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Abate (v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ..

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Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties..
Quell :: Quell (v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
Assuagement :: Assuagement (n.) Mitigation; abatement.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Gusset :: Gusset (n.) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates..
Rabate :: Rabate (v.) To recover to the fist, as a hawk..
Rebate :: Rebate (v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.
Addition :: Addition (n.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..
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..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To blunt.
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.
Gore :: Gore (v.) One of the abatements. It is made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point..
Abator :: Abator (n.) One who abates a nuisance.
Remit :: Remit (v. i.) To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits..
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