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abate·ment
I. \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷mənt\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from abatre to abate + Middle French -ment — more at abate
law : the action of one that abates — compare abate II
II. noun
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Etymology: Middle French, from abatre to throw down + -ment — more at abate
1. : the act or process of abating or the state of being abated
< laws intended to speed up smoke abatement >
< the abatement, if not the complete disappearance, of some long-standing mutual irritations — New Yorker >
2. heraldry : any of various bearings emblematic of dishonor, degradation, or disgrace which were described by former writers on heraldry but never actually used
3. : an amount abated : decrease, deduction; especially : a deduction from the full amount of a tax
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