noun abatement.
2. abate ·vt to blunt.
3. abate ·vt to beat down; to overthrow.
4. abate ·vt to reduce in estimation; to deprive.
5. abate ·vt to decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
6. abate ·vt to bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
7. abate ·vt to deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
8. abate ·vt to be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
9. abate ·vt to diminish; to reduce. legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
10. abate ·vt to bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.