Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: Abatement.
verb
Definition: (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
Example: to abate a nuisance
Definition: To become null and void.
Example: The writ has abated.
Definition: To nullify; make void.
Example: to abate a writ
Definition: To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
Definition: To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
Definition: To curtail; to deprive.
Example: Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation.
Definition: To reduce in amount, size, or value.
Example: Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
Definition: To decrease in size, value, or amount.
Definition: To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
Definition: To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
Definition: To deduct or omit.
Example: We will abate this price from the total.
Definition: To bar or except.
Definition: To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
Definition: To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
Definition: To destroy, or level to the ground.