What Does The Word Abate Mean?

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What Does The Word Abate Mean?

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Answer 1

Abate means "to reduce or lessen in intensity, amount or degree." It can also mean "to subtract." In legal parlance, the word means "to put an end to" or "to conclude." Some of the synonyms of the word abate are subside, decline, fade away, lessen, halt, diminish, ebb, dwindle, stop etc. When a particular thing or situation abates, it tends to become less prevalent in amount or force.

Here is the usage of the word "abate" in a sentence:

I hope the storm will abate in a few hours.
The intensity of the youth's desire to play cricket on the national level abated, when he was confronted with the shocking reality.

Incidentally, ABATE is also the acronym for state motorcyclist rights organizations (SMRO) in the US.

Answer 2

haengbok lee answered

To reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: To abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm

Answer 3

The word abate means:
1.
To
reduce
in
amount,
degree,
intensity,
etc.;
lessen;
diminish:
To
abate
a
tax;
to
abate
one's
enthusiasm.

2.

Law
.

a.

to
put
an
end
to
or
suppress
(a
nuisance).

b.

to
suspend
or
extinguish
(an
action).

c.

to
annul
(a
writ).

3.

to
deduct
or
subtract:
To
abate
part
of
the
cost.

4.

to
omit:
To
abate
all
mention
of
names.

5.

to
remove,
as
in
stone
carving,
or
hammer
down,
as
in
metalwork,
(a
portion
of
a
surface)
in
order
to
produce
a
figure
or
pattern
in
low
relief.

6.

to
diminish
in
intensity,
violence,
amount

7.

Law
. To
end;
become
null
and
void.