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- interest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity
Synonyms for abating
- declining,
- decreasing,
- de-escalating,
- diminishing,
- draining (away),
- dropping (off),
- dwindling,
- dying (away or down or out),
- easing,
- ebbing,
- falling,
- falling away,
- lessening,
- letting up,
- lowering,
- moderating,
- palling,
- phasing down,
- ratcheting (down)
- also racheting (down),
- receding,
- relenting,
- remitting,
- shrinking,
- subsiding,
- tapering,
- tapering off,
- waning
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- a couple of aspirin should abate the pain
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- asked the appellate court to abate the lower court's ruling allowing the patient to be removed from life support
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- allowing,
- approving,
- authorizing,
- clearing,
- endorsing
- (also indorsing),
- permitting,
- sanctioning,
- warranting
- I managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price
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- recurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project
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“Abating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abating. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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