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Abate means: to reduce in amount, degree or intensity (“to abate one’s enthusiasm”)
To diminish
To put an end to or suppress
To suspend or extinguish (an action).
To deduct or subtract
To omit

Etymology & Origin of abate

First coined circa 1300, from the Middle French word abatre (“to beat down")

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