Definitions for abatement

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abatement a·bate·ment

Spelling: [uh-beyt-muh nt]

IPA: /əˈbeɪt mənt/

Abatement is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 222 anagrams from letters in abatement (aabeemntt).

Definitions for abatement

noun

1. the act or state of abating or the state of being abated; reduction; decrease; alleviation; mitigation.
2. suppression or termination:
3. an amount deducted or subtracted, as from the usual price or the full tax.
4. Law. a reduction of a tax assessment. the termination of a nuisance. a wrongful entry on land made by a stranger, after the owner's death and before the owner's heir or devisee has obtained possession. a decrease in the legacies of a will when the assets of an estate are insufficient to pay all general legacies in full.
5. Also called rebatement. Heraldry. a charge or mark that, when introduced into a coat of arms, indicates the owner's disgrace.

Origin of abatement

1300-50; Middle English Middle French; see abate, -ment

Examples for abatement

Yet this was but a change, not an abatement, in the activity of his mind.

Mendel himself led them on with an ardor that knew no abatement.

It did not appear that there was any abatement of the storm in five minutes, nor in a quarter of an hour.

The graciousness of her manner, however, underwent no abatement.

Hour after hour passed by, and still there was no abatement of the storm.

"Not at all," said Lady Wolfer, with no abatement of her good humor.

The gale showed no signs of abatement, while the sea had continued to increase.

"Man," she answered, "I jest not; there is no abatement," and she replaced the pearls in her garments.

And yet what security is afforded by a present abatement of the visitation?

The next morning produced no abatement in these happy symptoms.