abatement

Oxford Dictionary
abatement
- IPA[əˈbeɪtm(ə)nt]
英式
- n.
  
  the action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding；the reduction or removal of a nuisance
- noun: abatement
- 釋義
n.
名詞
1. the action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding this trend shows no sign of abatement 同義詞 subsiding, dying down/away/out, dropping off/away, lessening, easing (off), ... 更多decrease, diminishing, moderation, decline, declining, fade, dwindling, cooling off, tailing off, petering out, tapering off, wane, waning, ebb, relenting, desisting, weakening, lessening, decrease, moderation, easing, softening, soothing, relief, blunting, deadening, alleviation, mitigation, mollification, allaying, assuagement, palliation, tempering, appeasement, attenuation, decrease, reduction, lowering反義詞 intensification, intensification, increase
▪ the reduction or removal of a nuisance it was resolved to serve an abatement notice
- 更多解釋
abatement
IPA[əˈbātmənt]
美式
n.
(often in legal use) the ending, reduction, or lessening of something: noise abatement an abatement in the purchase price
Oxford American Dictionary

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