Abatement
[ə'beɪtm(ə)nt] or [ə'betmənt]
Definition
(n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
(n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
(n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
(n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
Editor: Sidney
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Diminution, decrease, lessening, mitigation, assuagement, decrement, extenuation, remission.[2]. Subsidence, wane, ebb.[3]. Discount, allowance, rebate, deduction, reduction, drawback.
Typist: Ursula
Examples
- The next morning produced no abatement in these happy symptoms. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- True says the proverb, said Wamba, interposing his word, but with some abatement of his usual petulance,-- 'When the cat is away, The mice will play. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He refuses to make any abatement, because his threat is, that if he fails with me, he will come to you. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It might be of importance, however, that the abatement of the tax should encourage him to cultivate to a certain extent only. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Still, there was no abatement in the storm, but it blew harder. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I no sooner perceived an abatement of the flames than, hurried on by an irresistible impulse, I endeavoured to penetrate the town. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The morrow produced no abatement of Mrs. Bennet's ill-humour or ill health. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Typist: Loretta