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Abatement
ABA'TEMENT, n.
1. The act of abating; the state of being abated.
2. A reduction, removing, or pulling down as of a nuisance.
3. Diminution, decrease, or mitigation, as of grief or pain.
4. Deduction, sum withdraw, as from an account.
5. Overthrow, failure or defeat, as of a writ.
6. The entry of a stranger into a freehold after the death of the tenant, before the heir or devisee.
7. In heraldry, a mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, by which its dignity is debased for some stain on the character of the wearer.
abatement appears in definitions for these words:
Accession Addition Allay Allayment Allowance Assuagement Batement Besayle Check Compounding Correction Deduction Defalcation Deforcement Full Give Gore Intermission Lightning Mitigation Off Ouster Palliation Plea Qualification Rebatement Refrigeration Relaxation Remission Rigidly Rigorous Rigorously Sustain Tare Unremittingly
Accession Addition Allay Allayment Allowance Assuagement Batement Besayle Check Compounding Correction Deduction Defalcation Deforcement Full Give Gore Intermission Lightning Mitigation Off Ouster Palliation Plea Qualification Rebatement Refrigeration Relaxation Remission Rigidly Rigorous Rigorously Sustain Tare Unremittingly
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