Library / English Dictionary

ABATEMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of abating

Example:

laws enforcing noise abatement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("abatement" is a kind of...):

mitigation; moderation (the action of lessening in severity or intensity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abatement"):

abatement of a nuisance; nuisance abatement ((law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An interruption in the intensity or amount of something

Synonyms:

abatement; hiatus; reprieve; respite; suspension

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("abatement" is a kind of...):

break; interruption (some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abatement"):

defervescence (abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature)

remission; remittal; subsidence (an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease))

Derivation:

abate (become less in amount or intensity)

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