Word: abates
Phonetic:
/əˈbeɪts/Listen:
Abatement.
(obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease. Example: to abate a nuisance
To become null and void. Example: The writ has abated.
To nullify; make void. Example: to abate a writ
To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
To curtail; to deprive. Example: Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation.
To reduce in amount, size, or value. Example: Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
To decrease in size, value, or amount.
To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
To deduct or omit. Example: We will abate this price from the total.
To bar or except.
To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
To destroy, or level to the ground.
To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.
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