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Assuage :: Assuage (v. i.) To abate or subside.

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee..

Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.

Lull :: Lull (v. i.) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls..

Diabaterial :: Diabaterial (a.) Passing over the borders.

Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment..

Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To allow by way of abatement or deduction.

Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit..

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.

Besayle :: Besayle (n.) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished..

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.

Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated..

Abatable :: Abatable (a.) Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance..

Discount :: Discount (v.) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills..

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes..

Rabbate :: Rabbate (n.) Abatement.

Mortification :: Mortification (n.) Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.

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