/əˈbeɪt/
noun
Abatement.verb
(obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.To become null and void.To nullify; make void.To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.To curtail; to deprive.To reduce in amount, size, or value.To decrease in size, value, or amount.To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.To deduct or omit.To bar or except.To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.To destroy, or level to the ground.