Verb: abate u'beyt
- Make less active or intense
"Time abated his anger";
- slake, slack
- Become less in amount or intensity
"The storm abated";
- let up, slack off [informal], slack, die away
Derived forms: abating, abated, abates
Type of: come down, decrease, dent, diminish, fall, go down, lessen, minify, sink
Encyclopedia: Abate, Loris