 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abatement
noun
1: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
[syn: {suspension}, {respite}, {reprieve}, {hiatus}]
2: the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abatement \A*bate"ment\ (-ment), noun [OF. abatement, F.
abattement.]
1. The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a
lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an
end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression
thereof.
2. The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of
reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount
allowed.
3. (Her.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
4. (Law) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a
freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the
heir or devisee. --Blackstone.
{Defense in abatement}, {Plea in abatement}, (Law), plea to
the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer,
lack of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "abatement":
abridgment, agio, allayment, alleviation, allowance, analgesia,
anesthesia, anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, attenuation,
attrition, bank discount, blunting, breakage, calming,
cash discount, chain discount, charge-off, concession, contraction,
cut, dampening, damping, deadening, debilitation, decrease,
decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, demulsion,
depreciation, depression, devitalization, dilution, diminishment,
diminution, discount, drawback, dulcification, dulling, dying,
dying off, ease, easement, easing, effemination, enervation,
enfeeblement, evisceration, exhaustion, extenuation, fade-out,
falling-off, fatigue, hushing, inanition, kickback, languishment,
leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening,
lowering, lulling, miniaturization, mitigation, modulation,
mollification, numbing, pacification, palliation, penalty,
penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction, price-cut,
quietening, quieting, rebate, rebatement, reduction, refund,
relaxation, relief, remedy, remission, rollback, sagging, salvage,
salving, scaling down, setoff, simplicity, slackening, softening,
soothing, subduement, subtraction, tare, tempering, thinning,
time discount, trade discount, tranquilization, tret, underselling,
weakening, write-off
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