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Synonyms:
- depression, cut, intermission, voiding, decrease, relief, recess, development, depletion, abolishment, fine, premium, dangling, deduction, hanging, a change for the better/worse, boost, step change, loss, drain, judgment, hiatus, correction, break, reprieve, wane, slash, suspension system, negation, makeover, letup, slackening, discount, encumbrance, rebate, cutback, drawback, cancellation, repeal, drop, burden, subsidence, upswing, avoidance, penalty, drop-off, chastisement, interruption, step-down, nullification, discipline, decline, turnaround, increase, annulment, dent, curtailment, self-improvement, diminishment, falloff, improvement, punishment, reduction, time out, defeasance, rest, invalidation, pause, quashing, decrement, fall, taper, suspension, leap, dissolution, handicap, ebb, forfeiture, rest period, diminution, rescindment, abeyance, abrogation, slowdown, shrinkage, retribution, foramen, remission, temporary removal, respite
Examples:
- - The public excitement created by the telescope showed no signs of abatement. - "The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'", Thomas Orchard
- - But interest there certainly was, and considerable abatement in the bitterness of earlier feeling. - "The English Church in the Eighteenth Century", Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
- - Our food supply has run low, and the gas outside shows no signs of abatement. - "When the Sleepers Woke", Arthur Leo Zagat
Antonyms:
- augmentation, authorization, validation, institution, mandating, increase, passing, appreciation, enactment, upturn, ratification, legitimation, gain, addition, founding, boost, supplement, rise, enlargement, legalization, establishment, accumulation, permission, ordering, increment, uptick, accretion, endorsement, decreeing, accrual, formalization, extension, legislation, sanctioning, step-up, upswing, commandment, accession, legitimization, raise, approval, prescription, clearance, continuation, uptrend
