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ALL meanings of abating

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  • noun abating Present participle of abate. 1
  • verb with object abating to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm. 1
  • verb with object abating Law. to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance). to suspend or extinguish (an action). to annul (a writ). 1
  • verb with object abating to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost. 1
  • verb with object abating to omit: to abate all mention of names. 1
  • verb with object abating to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief. 1
  • verb without object abating to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.: The storm has abated. The pain in his shoulder finally abated. 1
  • verb without object abating Law. to end; become null and void. 1
  • noun abating (rhetoric) Anesis. 0
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