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Definition of abate: 1. Abatement.
2. To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
3. To beat down; to overthrow.
4. To blunt.
5. To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
6. To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
7. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
8. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
9. To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
10. To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

Synonyms:

slack, slow, take, study at, fall, reduce, subtract, slack off, allay, die away, peter, remit, bate, taper, wane, slake, quench, ease up, increase, ease off, tail away, decline, slow down, lighten, let-up, slow up, assuage, rebate, fall off, ebb, slack up, die, mitigate, lapse, slacken, knock off

punish, handicap, discipline, drawback, judge, penalize, encumber, discount, retribute, fine, forfeit, burden, chastise, correct

shrink, diminish, lower, decrease, abridge, compact, contract, lessen, abbreviate, deduct, shorten, deplete, curtail, concentrate, truncate, recede, subside, dwindle, deflate, drain, erode, compress, die down, decrement

subdue, restrain, cool, moderate, soften, soothe, pacify, ease, tranquilize, quiet, relax, alleviate, calm, compose