abate

noun

Abatement.

1. (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.

   to abate a nuisance

2. To become null and void.

   The writ has abated.

3. To nullify; make void.

   to abate a writ

4. To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
5. To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
6. To curtail; to deprive.

   Order restrictions and prohibitions to abate an emergency situation.

7. To reduce in amount, size, or value.

   Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.

8. To decrease in size, value, or amount.
9. To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
10. To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
11. To deduct or omit.

    We will abate this price from the total.

12. To bar or except.
13. To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
14. To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
15. To destroy, or level to the ground.

verb

To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.

noun

An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.