Definition of abate

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Abate (n.) Abatement.

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Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..
Remedial :: Remedial (a.) Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment..
Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Lull :: Lull (v. i.) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) Deduction; abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of importation duties..
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..
Diminuendo :: Diminuendo (adv.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign..
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..
Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To abate; to become less decided.
Rebate :: Rebate (v. i.) To abate; to withdraw.
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes..
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
Cooler :: Cooler (n.) That which cools, or abates heat or excitement..
Abate :: 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..
Rabbate :: Rabbate (n.) Abatement.
Mortification :: Mortification (n.) Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.
Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
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