abatement
noun
[ əˈbeɪtm(ə)nt ]
• the action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding.
• "this trend shows no sign of abatement"
Similar:
subsiding,
dying down/away/out,
dropping off/away,
lessening,
easing (off),
decrease,
diminishing,
moderation,
decline,
declining,
fade,
dwindling,
cooling off,
tailing off,
petering out,
tapering off,
wane,
waning,
ebb,
relenting,
desisting,
weakening,
easing,
softening,
soothing,
relief,
blunting,
deadening,
alleviation,
mitigation,
mollification,
allaying,
assuagement,
palliation,
tempering,
appeasement,
attenuation,
reduction,
lowering,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from Old French abatre ‘fell, put an end to’ (see abate).
