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abatement
 
Noun abatement has 2 senses
  1. suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
    --1 is a kind of interruption, break
    --1 has particulars: defervescence; remission, remittal, subsidence
    Derived form: verb abate2
  2. abatement - the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"
    --2 is a kind of     moderation
    --2 has particulars: abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement
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