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   abatement

   /əˈbeɪtm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. the action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding: "this trend shows no sign of abatement" Similar subsidingdying down/away/outdropping off/awaylesseningeasing (off)decreasediminishingmoderationdeclinedecliningfadedwindlingcooling offtailing offpetering outtapering offwanewaningebbrelentingdesistingweakeninglesseningdecreasemoderationeasingsofteningsoothingreliefbluntingdeadeningalleviationmitigationmollificationallayingassuagementpalliationtemperingappeasementattenuationdecreasereductionloweringOpposite intensificationintensificationincrease
   • ▪ the reduction or removal of a nuisance: "it was resolved to serve an abatement notice"

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

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