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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..

Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.

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

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..

Revivor :: Revivor (n.) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor..

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

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates..

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

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..

Abatable :: Abatable (a.) Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance..

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

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

Remedial :: Remedial (a.) Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment..

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

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

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

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..

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

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 beat down; to overthrow.

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