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   A·bate·ment

   /əˈbātmənt/

   

   noun

   • 1. (often in legal use) the ending, reduction, or lessening of something: "noise abatement" Similar subsidingdying down/away/outdropping off/awaylesseningeasing (off)decreasediminishingmoderationdeclinedecliningfadedwindlingcooling offtailing offpetering outtapering offwanewaningebbrelentingdesistingweakeninglesseningdecreasemoderationeasingsofteningsoothingreliefbluntingdeadeningalleviationmitigationmollificationallayingassuagementpalliationtemperingappeasementattenuationdecreasereductionloweringOpposite intensificationintensificationincrease

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French abatre ‘fell, put an end to’ (see abate).

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