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  - abase
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  - abatement
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  - abdomen
  - abdominal
  - abduct
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abate

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abate

Sense: To make less
- reduce
- lower
- lighten
- decrease
- lessen
- diminish
- calm
- alleviate
- assuage
- attenuate
- dampen
- dilute
- ease
- enfeeble
- weaken
- suppress
- moderate
- mitigate
- mollify
- omit
- leave out
- exclude
- remove
- excise
- tame
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Sense: To grow less
- lessen
- decline
- diminish
- decrease
- wane
- calm
- die down
- dwindle
- ease off
- fall off
- weaken
- let up
- lull
- wear off
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'abate' can be found in these thesaurus entries:

appease - assuage - comfort - contract - cool - decrease - decrease - die away - die down - die off or out - diminish - discount - ease - ebb - mince - mitigate - moderate - recede - relieve - sag - smother - subdue - taper - taper off - tone down - wane - weaken

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