Definitions
1.verbTo reduce the force of something; to abate.
2.verbTo restrain, usually with the sense of being in anticipation
3.verb(sometimes figurative) To cut off, remove, take away.
4.verbTo leave out, except, bar.
5.verbTo waste away.
6.verbTo deprive of.
7.verbTo lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower.
8.verbTo allow by way of abatement or deduction.