abated
Americanadjective
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lessened or diminished; reduced.
Heavily censored and suffering from labor shortages, Japanese filmmaking continued at an abated pace until after World War II.
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subjected to a reduction, as of taxes or other charges or costs.
Numerous downtown properties have paid no taxes for 18 years; as these abated properties come back onto the tax rolls, what happens?
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Law.
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(of a nuisance) suppressed or brought to an end.
The property owner shall take all reasonable steps to prevent a recurrence of the abated nuisance.
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(of an action or suit) suspended.
An abated action does not survive unless there is a successor for the defendant.
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verb
Etymology
Origin of abated
Example Sentences
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The frenzied scenes around this clammy building eventually abated, only for Faye Rogers to spark more bedlam with a rampant gold in the 200m individual medley SM10.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“We were rightly skeptical about this so-called Sell America trade. As tariff concerns eased and recession fears abated, the debasement narrative lost momentum,” Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, said in commentary shared with MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
“As tariff concerns eased and recession fears abated, the debasement narrative lost momentum,” he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The Greenspan Fed pledged to provide adequate financial liquidity, and the panic abated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The mother-in-law problem is abated because the new daughter has a privacy she never had and a place of her own in which to build the structure of a family.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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