Information about English word ABATE

Definitions of ABATE

• To put an end to; to cause to cease. <ref name=SOED/>
• To become null and void. <ref name=SOED/>
• To nullify; make void. <ref name=SOED/>
• To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally. <ref name=SOED/>
• To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally. <ref name=SOED/>
• To curtail; to deprive. <ref name=SOED/>
• To reduce in amount, size, or value. <ref name = Chambers></ref><ref name=SOED/>
• To decrease in size, value, or amount. <ref name = Chambers/>
• To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside. <ref name=SOED/>
• To decrease in intensity or force; to subside. <ref name=SOED/>
• To deduct or omit. <ref name=SOED/>
• To bar or except. <ref name=SOED/>
• To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
• To dull the edge or point of; to blunt. <ref name=SOED/>
• To destroy, or level to the ground. <ref name=SOED/>
• Abatement. <ref name=SOED></ref>
• to enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession. <ref name=SOED/>
• an Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy. <ref name=SOED/>

Synonyms for ABATE