abatement
abatement is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
- 2.(Her.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
- 3.(Law) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone. Defense in abatement, Plea in abatement, (Law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abate
- abide
- abridge
- abridgment
- adjust
- adjustment
- agio
- agree
- allow
- allowance
- and
- anticlimax
- arbitration
- arrange
- attenuate
- away
- backwardation
- bargain
- bate
- below
- best
- bridge
- business
- coarctation
- come
- commutation
- commute
- compensation
- composition
- compound
- compromise
- concession
- contango
- contract
- contraction
- coupon
- crumble
- decay
- declension
- decline
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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