Definition of abatement
1 : the act or process of reducing or otherwise abating something abatement of pollution : the state of being abated a storm continuing without abatement [=without weakening]
2 : an amount abated; especially : a deduction from the full amount of a tax … devised tax credits, refunds, and abatements to benefit private corporations … — William Greider
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1 : the act or process of abating or the state of being abated challenged the abatement of her bequest abatement of a private nuisance by self-help — W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton
2 : an amount abated : deduction; especially : a deduction from the full amount of a tax
in abatement
: subject to termination because of a formal or procedural defect there shall be no reversal in the Supreme Court…for error in ruling upon matters in abatement — U.S. Code
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