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Abating

/əˈbeɪtɪŋ/

(obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.

📖 Definitions of "Abating"

verb

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.

verb

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

noun

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
decreasingnoun	On the decrease.
subsidingnoun	The act by which something subsides.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
subsidingnoun	The act by which something subsides.
decreasingnoun	On the decrease.
diminishingnoun	becoming smaller
loweringnoun	The act of something being lowered.
slowingnoun	A deceleration; a slowing down.
decliningnoun	decline
reductionnoun	The act, process, or result of reducing.
easingnoun	The act by which something is eased.
mitigating	That serves to mitigate.
reducing	(chemistry) That causes reduction.
lowerverb	(transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
weakeningnoun	An instance or process of loss of strength.
recedingnoun	Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing.
retreatingnoun	The act of moving back from something; a retreat.
appeasing	appeasive
anesisnoun	(medicine) Remission of disease symptoms.
adjournmentnoun	The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
ceasingverb	A cessation.
abatementnoun	The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
aganactesisnoun	(rhetoric) An exclamation made out of a sense of deep indignation.