Definition of abate

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Abate (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates..

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Diabaterial :: Diabaterial (a.) Passing over the borders.
Remedial :: Remedial (a.) Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment..
Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease..
Addition :: Addition (n.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement..
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..
Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To abate; to become less violent.
Revivor :: Revivor (n.) Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by a bill of revivor..
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment..
Abater :: Abater (n.) One who, or that which, abates..
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To lessen by retrenching, deducting, or reducing; to abate; to beat down; to lower..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates..
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
Defalcation :: Defalcation (n.) That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated..
Abated :: Abated (imp. & p. p.) of Abat.
Allow :: Allow (v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
Recrudescent :: Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic..
Allowance :: Allowance (n.) Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth..
Compromise :: Compromise (n.) A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement..
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