abate

/əˈbeɪt/

noun

1
(obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
“to abate a nuisance”
2
To become null and void.
“The writ has abated.”
3
To nullify; make void.
“to abate a writ”
4
To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
5
To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
6
To curtail; to deprive.
“Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation.”
7
To reduce in amount, size, or value.
“Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.”
8
To decrease in size, value, or amount.
9
To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
10
To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
11
To deduct or omit.
“We will abate this price from the total.”
12
To bar or except.
13
To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
14
To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
15
To destroy, or level to the ground.

1
To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.

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