Abatement is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ABATEMENT in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a diminution; a mark of dishonour added to heraldic arms
• the reduction or removal of a nuisance
• the action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding
• diminution or alleviation
• The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
• The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
• A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
• The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the act or process of abating; the state of being abated

Words related to ABATEMENT

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Words that contain ABATEMENT

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How to use ABATEMENT in a sentence

• If I were going to remain Indian Secretary for some time to come, my every effort would be devoted to an abatement of that enormous amount of writing.
• But there was no sign of abatement in the swift, cruel uncertainty of its movement, and it bore him on and down or up as it pleased.
• The prospect of further improvement continued without abatement until the moment of the suspension of specie payments.
• Daybreak brought with it no abatement of the storm, but presented to my view a wide vista of white foaming surge as far as the eye could reach.
• His only abatement of praise to Roger Williams is on account of his bitter feud with William Harris.
• All through the day the storm continued, and night brought no abatement.
• The short afternoon was wearing away, with the storm showing no sign of abatement.
• The next morning produced no abatement in these happy symptoms.
• We repeat, that we have no abatement to make of our exalted regard for him through force of a single sentence from his pen.
• The combatants appeared, without one jot of abatement of spirit or of cool courage.
• The storm had lasted for nearly ten hours before it showed signs of abatement.
• The storm lasted for more than a week without abatement, and during this time we covered many leagues of sea.
• Yet after every abatement has been made, they showed a strength of popular attachment to the Church which is very noteworthy.
• We are apt to grow weary of this unending struggle, and to become discouraged, because there is neither rest nor abatement in it.
• The exertion which these extra meetings entailed upon him, the long weary marches out and home, were all performed without a murmur or the slightest abatement of zeal.
• Twenty men were standing firm at Safeeta in February of the following year, though there had been little abatement of persecution.
• Hour after hour it continued with no sign of abatement, and with caps pulled down to shield the eyes and handkerchiefs tied over nose and mouth we struggled on.
• It was not to any relaxation or abatement of his usual vigilance and activity, that this warlike prince owed the several checks he received.
• Holmes inquired at what time their lordships would deliver judgment as to the validity of the plea in abatement? Mr.
• I think I am entitled to record, however, that this result was not accomplished by any abatement of my opposition to the policy of the Administration as to the Philippine Islands.
• Still, there was no abatement in the storm, but it blew harder.
• The long space of years which this narrative embraces, is, I know, a great abatement of its interest.
• Even if the severe punishments should be continued without abatement, these soon lose their power to terrify.
• My apprehensions on this intelligence are a great abatement to the pleasure I have in knowing that he still loves me.
• When a thing suited him he paid the price demanded, without thinking to ask for any abatement.
• His marriage caused no abatement of a feud existing between the tribes to which the husband and wife respectively belonged.
• The spring of 1811 brought with it no abatement of these border difficulties.
• It was as a military man that he subsequently ruled the British islands, and to the day of his death there was no abatement in ability.

Similar words containing ABATEM without suffix ent

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