| abatement | | |
| n. (event) | 1. abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something. |
| ~ break, interruption | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity.; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" |
| ~ defervescence | abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature. |
| ~ remission, subsidence, remittal | an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease).; "his cancer is in remission" |
| n. (act) | 2. abatement | the act of abating.; "laws enforcing noise abatement" |
| ~ mitigation, moderation | the action of lessening in severity or intensity.; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions" |
| ~ abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement | (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance. |
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