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.

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abatement [əˈbeɪtmənt]

n

1. diminution or alleviation; decrease

2. suppression or termination the abatement of a nuisance

3. the amount by which something is reduced, such as the cost of an article

4. (Law) Property law a decrease in the payment to creditors or legatees when the assets of the debtor or estate are insufficient to meet all payments in full

5. (Law) Property law (formerly) a wrongful entry on land by a stranger who takes possession after the death of the owner and before the heir has entered into possession

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 Demand for the product shows no sign of abatement.

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

Translations

abatement [əˈbeɪtmənt] N

1. (= reduction) [of wind, storm] → amaine m; [of fever, flood] → bajada f; [of anger] → aplacamiento m; [of enthusiasm] → moderación f; [of pain, symptoms] → remisión f

2. (Jur) [of noise, pollution] (= elimination) → eliminación f; (= reduction) → disminución f, moderación f

abatement [əˈbeɪtmənt] n
noise abatement → lutte f contre le bruit
noise abatement society → ligue pour la lutte contre le bruit

abatement

n → Nachlassen nt; (of storm, eagerness, interest also) → Abflauen nt; (of pain also) → Abklingen nt; (of flood) → Rückgang m; (of rent, tax) → Senkung f; the noise abatement society → die Gesellschaft zur Bekämpfung von Lärm

abatement [əˈbeɪtmənt] n (frm) (of pollution, noise) → soppressione f, eliminazione f
Noise Abatement Society associazione contro l'inquinamento acustico