abatement

a·bate·ment  (-btmnt)

n.

1. Diminution in amount, degree, or intensity; moderation.

2. The amount lowered; a reduction.

3. Law The act of eliminating or annulling.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	abatement - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension break, interruption - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" defervescence - abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature remission, subsidence, remittal - an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
	2.	abatement - the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement" mitigation, moderation - the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement - (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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abatement

noun 1. decrease, slowing, decline, easing, sinking, fading, weakening, relaxation, dwindling, lessening, waning, subsiding, ebbing, cessation, let-up, slackening, diminution, tapering off, attenuation

2. reduction, slowing, relief, easing, weakening, dulling, decrease, lessening, cutback, quelling, moderation, remission, slackening, mitigation, diminution, curtailment, alleviation, attenuation, extenuation

Translations

abatement [əˈbeɪtmənt] n [of pollution, noise] → disminución f

abatement [əˈbeɪtmənt] n noise abatement → lutte f contre le bruit

abatement [əˈbeɪtmənt] abate n noise abatement society → Gesellschaft f zur Lärmbekämpfung

abatement [əˈbeɪtmənt] n [of pollution, noise] → soppressione f; eliminazione f;

noise abatement society → associazione f per la lotta contro i rumori