abatement
noun
1 abatement
An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
synonyms: hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension.
Roget 813:
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.
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Roget 36:
decrease,
diminution;
lessening
etc.
v.;
subtraction
etc.
38;
reduction,
abatement,
declension;
shrinking
etc.
(contraction.)
195;
coarctation†;
abridgment
etc.
(shortening)
201;
extenuation.
subsidence,
wane,
ebb,
decline;
ebbing;
descent
etc.
306;
decrement,
reflux,
depreciation;
deterioration
etc.
659;
anticlimax;
mitigation
etc.
(moderation)
174.
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Dutch: korting, afslag, reductie, vermindering
2 abatement
The act of abating.
Dutch: daling, terugval, verlaging, reductie, vermindering, korting, inkrimping, afslag, afname
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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