例句 |
abatementnoun something that is or may be subtractedentitled to a tax abatement for child care expenses deduction, discount, reduction giveback, kickback, rebatedent, depreciationdecline, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drop, fall, lossforfeit, forfeiture, penalty accession, addition accretion, accrual, augmentation, boost, gain, increase, increment, raise, riseappreciation the amount by which something is lessenedthere's been a significant abatement in noise from the floor above since the upstairs neighbors installed carpets decline, decrease, decrement, dent, depletion, depression, diminishment, diminution, drop, drop-off, fall, falloff, loss, reduction, shrinkage, step-down deduction, subtractiondownturn, slip, slumpcurtailment, cut, cutback, retrenchment, shortening boost, enlargement, gain, increase, increment, raise, rise, step-up, uptick accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplementcontinuation, extensionupswing, uptrend, upturn the doing away with something by formal actionsought an abatement of the court proceeding on the grounds that the plaintiff had no legal standing in the case abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annulment, avoidance, cancellation(also cancelation), defeasance, dissolution, invalidation, negation, nullification, quashing, repeal, rescindment, voiding abortion, calling off, recallcountermand, override, overruling, overturn, vetoretraction, reversal, revocation, suspension, withdrawalbanning, enjoining, forbiddance, outlawing, prohibitiondisallowance, dismissal, rejectionelimination, eradication, erasure, liquidation, removal enactment, legislationestablishment, founding, institutionformalization, legalization, legitimation, legitimization, validationpassing, ratificationapproval, authorization, clearance, endorsement(also indorsement), permission, sanctioningcommandment, decreeing, mandating, ordering, prescription in the 15th century |