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abate

verb
  1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less: decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away or off , taper (off). See increase
  2. To become or cause to become less active or intense: bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See increase
  3. To take away (a quantity) from another quantity: deduct, discount, rebate, subtract, take (off). Informal: knock off. See increase
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