abatement

Plural: abatements

Noun

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
• the act of abating
  • "laws enforcing noise abatement"
• The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
• The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.
• The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
• The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
• An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
• A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
• Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
• A beating down, a putting down.
• A quashing, a judicial defeat, the rendering abortive by law.
• Forcible entry of a stranger into an inheritance when the person seised of it dies, and before the heir or devisee can take possession; ouster.
• rebatement, real or imaginary marks of disgrace affixed to an escutcheon.

Examples

• The abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.

Synonyms

hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension, allowance, assuagement, declension, decline, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, discount, drawback, ebb, evanishment, fading, lessening, lowering, mitigation, moderation, rebate, reduction, remission, settling, sinking, subsidence, waning. See also Thesaurus:diminution

Antonyms

accession, accretion, aggrandizement, augmentation, development, dilation, enlargement, growth, increase, increment