abatement

abatement
n
1. reduction, lessening, letup, moderation, tempering; decrease, fall-off, diminution, remission; alleviation, mitigation, assuagement, relief, palliation, mollification, softening; waning, fading, ebb, decline, subsidence; weakening, attenuation.
2. suppression, check, control, curb, limitation, restraint; stoppage, termination, arrestment, abolition, eradication, elimination, extermination, extinguishment; quashing, quelling, crushing; prohibition, prevention, repression.
3. deduction, reduction, allowance; markdown, cutback, discount, write-off.

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