abates
Loses its intensity
Abates means to reduce in intensity, force, or amount.
A storm abates when it weakens.
Pain abates as it subsides.
Legal use adds a sense of ending or nullifying: The court abated the nuisance.
Interest in a topic may abate over time.
The noun form is abatement.
Reduces agitation
- subsidesDiminishes in intensity
- dies downGradually becomes less intense
- settlesComes to rest
- lets upDiminishes in intensity
passes · clears · lifts · blows over · quiets · stills · breaks · relents
Makes smaller in degree
- decreasesGrows smaller in amount
- reducesMakes less in quantity
- wanesDecreases gradually
- dwindlesGradually becomes smaller
tapers · ebbs · subsides · shrinks · contracts · fades · declines · drops
calms
Reduces agitation
lets up · passes · clears · lifts · blows over · quiets · stills · breaks · relents · slackens
lessens
Makes smaller in degree
dwindles · tapers · ebbs · subsides · shrinks · contracts · fades · declines · drops · falls
eases
Reduces severity or difficulty
- alleviatesReduces severity of
- mitigatesMakes something less harsh
- lightensMakes less burdensome
soothes · softens · palliates · relieves · calms · tempers · assuages · ameliorates · cushions · dulls
reduces
Makes less in quantity
lowers · decreases · waives · nullifies · voids · annuls · invalidates · suspends · quashes · rebates
- noise abatementReducing excessive loudness
- tax abatementReduction in owed levies