what is the definition of abate ?

Answer 1

ebb, wane, go away, get rid of, subside

Answer 2

1. to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
2. Law.
a. to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
b. to suspend or extinguish (an action).
c. to annul (a writ).
3. to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.
4. to omit: to abate all mention of names.
5. to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.

Answer 3

to halt, to stop, to cease and desist.. abatement has the sense that it's not cut off immediately.... more that something is being choked off and will eventually stop... or else you would have to modify it by saying "sudden abatement"

Answer 4

VERB: (tr.) 1) To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen. See Synonyms at decrease. 2) To deduct from an amount; subtract. 3) Law a) To put an end to.b) To make void.

VERB: (intr.) 1) To fall off in degree or intensity; subside. 2) Law To become void.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English abaten, from Old French abattre, to beat down : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad- ) + batre, to beat ; see batter (1)

Answer 5

To lesson or reduce.

Answer 6

to put an end to