The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
The extraction of a root from a given power.
Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
A turning movement, especially of the body.
The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.