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Learn to pronounce a·bate·ment

/əˈbātmənt/
noun
(often in legal use) the ending, reduction, or lessening of something.
"noise abatement"
synonyms: 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

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