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

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..

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

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

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

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

Discount :: Discount (v.) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills..

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

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

Abater :: Abater (n.) One who, or that which, abates..

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

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..

Remission :: Remission (n.) A temporary and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement..

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..

Rabbate :: Rabbate (v. t.) To abate or diminish.

Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration..

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee..

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

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

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..

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