<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate one's enthusiasm.</li><li>To abate a tax.</li><li>To put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).</li><li>To suspend or extinguish (an action).</li><li>To annul (a writ).</li><li>To deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.</li><li>To remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.: The pain in his shoulder finally abated.</li><li>The storm has abated.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>Weaken, decrease, subside.</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>Intensify, increase.</li></ul><p><strong>Law:</strong></p><ul><li>To end; become null and void.</li></ul>