Definitions
1.nounAbatement.
2.verb(obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease."to abate a nuisance"
3.verbTo become null and void."The writ has abated."
4.verbTo nullify; make void."to abate a writ"
5.verbTo humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
6.verbTo be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
7.verbTo curtail; to deprive."Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation."
8.verbTo reduce in amount, size, or value."Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets."
9.verbTo decrease in size, value, or amount.
10.verbTo moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
11.verbTo decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
12.verbTo deduct or omit."We will abate this price from the total."
13.verbTo bar or except.
14.verbTo cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
15.verbTo dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
16.verbTo destroy, or level to the ground.