'abatement' definitions:
Definition of 'abatement'
(from WordNet)
noun
An interruption in the intensity or amount of something [syn: suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement]
noun
The act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"
Synonyms of 'abatement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abridgment,
- agio,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- allowance,
- analgesia,
- anesthesia,
- anesthetizing,
- appeasement,
- assuagement,
- attenuation,
- attrition,
- bank discount,
- blunting,
- breakage,
- calming,
- cash discount,
- chain discount,
- charge-off,
- concession,
- contraction,
- cut,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deadening,
- debilitation,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrescence,
- deduction,
- deflation,
- demulsion,
- depreciation,
- depression,
- devitalization,
- dilution,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- discount,
- drawback,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dying,
- dying off,
- ease,
- easement,
- easing,
- effemination,
- enervation,
- enfeeblement,
- evisceration,
- exhaustion,
- extenuation,
- fade-out,
- falling-off,
- fatigue,
- hushing,
- inanition,
- kickback,
- languishment,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lowering,
- lulling,
- miniaturization,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- numbing,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- penalty,
- penalty clause,
- percentage,
- premium,
- price reduction,
- price-cut,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- rebate,
- rebatement,
- reduction,
- refund,
- relaxation,
- relief,
- remedy,
- remission,
- rollback,
- sagging,
- salvage,
- salving,
- scaling down,
- setoff,
- simplicity,
- slackening,
- softening,
- soothing,
- subduement,
- subtraction,
- tare,
- tempering,
- thinning,
- time discount,
- trade discount,
- tranquilization,
- tret,
- underselling,
- weakening,
- write-off