abated

[uh-bey-tid]

adjective

1. lessened or diminished; reduced.

   Heavily censored and suffering from labor shortages, Japanese filmmaking continued at an abated pace until after World War II.

2. 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?

3. Law.

   1. (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.

   2. (of an action or suit) suspended.

      An abated action does not survive unless there is a successor for the defendant.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of abate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abated¹

abate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

While the price of eggs has fallen back to normal levels now that the bird flu crisis has abated, people are seeing the price of beef skyrocket by 51% since February 2020.

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When the shortages abated, Hims & Hers shares fell back to earth.

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"China's support for the junta has not only not abated, but expanded, as it desperately tries to shore up an economically incompetent and militarily over-stretched junta," it said in a report.

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Its cachet of extreme exclusivity has not abated over the years, even as Birkin herself slid out of the public eye.

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Yes, the optimism has abated from peak levels, but optimism is still warranted.

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