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

Lull :: Lull (v. i.) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls..

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

Cooler :: Cooler (n.) That which cools, or abates heat or excitement..

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

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

Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated..

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..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price..

Diabaterial :: Diabaterial (a.) Passing over the borders.

Allow :: Allow (v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever..

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties..

Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors..

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..

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

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)..

Defalk :: Defalk (v. t.) To lop off; to abate.

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets..

Relax :: Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors..

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