All abatement synonyms

noun abatement

• respite — a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.
• hiatus — a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
• reprieve — to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
• discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
• reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• suspension — the act of suspending.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
• lessening — to become less.
• deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
• saving — tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.