abate vs lower

To reduce (something) in amount or size. 

Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect. 

To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify. 

To lower (something) in price or value. 

To put an end to (a nuisance). 

To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief. 

To decrease in amount or size. 

To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full. 

Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits. 

To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. 

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. 

To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it. 

To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits. 

To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. 

To decrease in value, amount, etc. 

To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program. 

To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of 

To bring down; to humble 

(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. 

To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down 

To reduce the height of 

To depress as to direction 

to pull down 

To make less elevated 

To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease