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abate verb

  /əˈbeɪt/
  • To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]
 alentaa, halventaa, lannistaa, nöyryyttää
  • To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
 alentaa, halventaa, pienentää, vähentää
  • To decrease in amount or size. [from mid 16th c.]
  • To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full. [from early 18th c.]
 alentua, halventua, pienentyä, vähentyä
  • To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]
 alentua, heikentyä, heiketä, hellittää, laantua, lauhtua
  • To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
 heikentää
  • Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing). [15th–19th c.]
 hillitä
  • To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.]
 hävittää, hävittää maan tasalle, tuhota
  • To bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled. [14th–17th c.]
 lannistua, nöyrtyä
  • To curtail or end (something); to cause to cease. [14th–17th c.]
 lopettaa
  • To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception. [from late 16th c.]
 lukuun ottamatta, pois lukien, poislukien
  • To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify. [from late 15th c.]
 mitätöidä
  • (chiefly, historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect. [from late 15th c.]
 raueta
  • Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]
 vähentää

abatement noun

  /əˈbeɪt.mənt/
  • The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]
 lievennys, vähennys

abatable adjective

  /əˈbeɪt.ə.bəl/
  • Capable of being abated. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]
 kumottavissa oleva, vähennettävissä oleva
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