| NOUN | event | abatement, suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
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| act | abatement | the act of abating |
| Sounds | ahbey'tmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. | |
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| Synonyms | suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus | |
| Narrower | 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) | |
| Broader | interruption, break | Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity |
| Spanish | respiro, suspensión | |
| Catalan | respir, suspensió | |
| Verbs | abate | become less in amount or intensity |
| Meaning | The act of abating. | |
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| Example | "laws enforcing noise abatement" | |
| Narrower | abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement | (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance |
| Broader | moderation, mitigation | The action of lessening in severity or intensity |
| Spanish | debilitamiento, disminución, merma, reducción | |
| Catalan | disminució, reducció | |
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