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    [Noun]  | "abate*ment" | \ ə-ˈbāt-mənt \


    1: the act or process of reducing or otherwise abating something : the state of being abated

    2: an amount abated; especially : a deduction from the full amount of a tax


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, from abatre "to {see: |abate|abate}" + -ment {see: |-ment|-ment};

    [Noun]  | "tax abatement" 


    1: an amount by which a tax is reduced

    [Noun]  | "abatement" 


    1: something that is or may be subtracted;


      * e.g., " ... entitled to a tax abatement for child care expenses "





    2: the amount by which something is lessened;


      * e.g., " ... there's been a significant abatement in noise from the floor above since the upstairs neighbors installed carpets "





    3: the doing away with something by formal action;


      * e.g., " ... sought an abatement of the court proceeding on the grounds that the plaintiff had no legal standing in the case "



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     [ "Abating" ]

    1: (Uh-bate-ihyng): Word randomly yelled in the middle of a conversation that is steeping towards boring, or in moments of awkard silence just to confuse non-abatingers and start a whole better conversation, usually involving reminiscing.

      * e.g.,  ... Anna: Yes I've had many periods... You know they say that period pains hurt more than getting kicked in the nuts.  

     [ "abate" ]

    1: (v) To obsess about the odd, and not care about the needed.

      * e.g.,  ... "Quit pulling an abate, and stop sitting naked in front of your computer watching porn and managing your Fantasy Football team." 

     [ "Abat" ]

    1: A very intelligent gamer. Attractive and sexy as hell. Very romantic person who loves flowers and makes sure they don't get dry by providing Masafi water on them. He likes short girls who look like babies and have squeaky voice.

      * e.g.,  ... abat nice hot cars 

     [ "abateful" ]

    1: A nautical, piratey term.

      * e.g.,  ... If you don't think abateful is a word, then you should go and abate yourself. 

     [ "ABAT" ]

    1: All Blacks Are Thugs Used to show hypocrisy to people who think ACAB that the street can go both ways. Not all cops are bad and not all blacks are thugs.

      * e.g.,  ... Liberal: F*ck the police, ACAB! 

     [ "abate" ]

    1: one who has an aweful or amazing body.

      * e.g.,  ... you dont have abate just a beer belly! 

     [ "noise abatement" ]

    1: The measures taken to reduce the emission of unwanted sounds/vibrations in a given environment. Commonly referred to within; Aviation: the procedures adopted to reduce aircraft noise on takeoff and landing - accomplished by reducing the power setting or avoiding densely populated areas. Sex: the methods adopted to reduce the noise of fucking in an area surrounded by people. It is induced by; the rapid reciprocal motion of the woman's dangly beef curtains; the flapping noise of her pecky saggers as she receives intense drilling; or the moaning and groaning of the whore caused by the 15-inch bratwurst that's pounding her brains out. Solutions include using gaffer tape to stop the kebab lips from drooping and swaying, and stuffing her throat with your nozzle (or gravy) to extinguish all sound.

      * e.g.,  ...  *1500 feet MSL*: "Noise abatement procedures please, so we can shut those god-damn environmentalists up." "Dammit Louise, the pink lips of your bearded clam are fluttering against my wang! Grab the cooter tape, we need to enforce noise abatement!" 

     [ "Victoria Anna Sbardi Abate" ]

    1: The best compliment you can give. Another word for perfect.

      * e.g.,  ... You're a Victoria Anna Sbardi Abate. 

     [ "abats" ]

    1: All boys are the same.

      * e.g.,  ... boy: *checks out a random girl* 


     [ "abats" ]

    2: Ex: unloyal, no heart, cringey, unfunny, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... his girlfriend: abats 

     [ "abate" ]

    1: The least common word, according to google it's the least common word because blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah think of actual words blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Have you heard of abate? 

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