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abatement

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun abatement has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

abatementn. [OF. abatement, F. abattement.].
  •  The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.  Blackstone.  [1913 Webster]
Defense in abatement, Plea in abatement, (Law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, lack of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.

THESAURUS

abatement

abridgment, agio, allayment, alleviation, allowance, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, attenuation, attrition, bank discount, blunting, breakage, calming, cash discount, chain discount, charge-off, concession, contraction, cut, dampening, damping, deadening, debilitation, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, demulsion, depreciation, depression, devitalization, dilution, diminishment, diminution, discount, drawback, dulcification, dulling, dying, dying off, ease, easement, easing, effemination, enervation, enfeeblement, evisceration, exhaustion, extenuation, fade-out, falling-off, fatigue, hushing, inanition, kickback, languishment, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lowering, lulling, miniaturization, mitigation, modulation, mollification, numbing, pacification, palliation, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction, price-cut, quietening, quieting, rebate, rebatement, reduction, refund, relaxation, relief, remedy, remission, rollback, sagging, salvage, salving, scaling down, setoff, simplicity, slackening, softening, soothing, subduement, subtraction, tare, tempering, thinning, time discount, trade discount, tranquilization, tret, underselling, weakening, write-off

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Decrease

N nonincrease, decrease, decrease, diminution, lessening, subtraction, reduction, abatement, declension, shrinking (contraction, ), coarctation, abridgment, extenuation, subsidence, wane, ebb, decline, ebbing, descent, decrement, reflux, depreciation, deterioration, anticlimax, mitigation, unincreased, decreased, decreasing, on the wane, a gilded halo hovering round decay, fine by degrees and beautifully less.

Discount

N discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance, qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio, percentage, rebate, rebatement, backwardation, contango, salvage, tare and tret, sale, bargain, half price, price war, wholesale, wholesale price, dealer's price, trade price, coupon, discount coupon, cents-off coupon, store coupon, manufacturer's coupon, double coupon discount, triple coupon discount, discounting, at a discount, below par, at wholesale, have a friend in the business.

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