abatable

Able to diminish

Abatable means capable of being reduced, lessened, or eliminated.

The term appears primarily in legal and regulatory contexts: an abatable nuisance can be removed or corrected, an abatable tax can be reduced or waived.

Something abatable admits of mitigation rather than being fixed or permanent.

reducible

lessening

Becoming reduced in degree

diminishingBecoming progressively less
lowerableAble to be decreased
minimizableAble to be lessened

decreasing · shrinkable · contractible · curtailable · compressible · condensable · depletable · deflatable · scalable · adjustable

controllable

manageable

Able to be controlled

governableAble to be ruled
restrainableAble to be controlled
directableAble to be guided

steerable · tameable · stabilizable · checkable · containable · curbed · bridled · reined · tempered

negotiable

compromise

Agreement through mutual sacrifice

settlementResolved dispute or colony
mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution

concession · flexible · waivable · suspendable · revocable · pardonable · remittable · excusable · forgivable · dispensable

Opposites

reducibility/diminishability

abatablepermanent

Fixed without end

irreducible · perpetual · fixed · undiminishable · constant

controllability

abatableunstoppable

Impossible to halt

uncontrollable · irrepressible · inexorable · relentless · unquenchable

Family

abate, abated, rebate, abatement, abating, abates, unabated, abatements, unabatedly

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