Origin: Latin suffix -ment
Abatement has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
"After weeks of relentless thunderstorms, there was finally a brief abatement in the rain that allowed us to finish our picnic."
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 of.
"The police were called when an unknown individual committed the act of entry into the vacant house following the owner's passing but prior to the inheritance transfer."
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.
Abatement comes from the Middle English word abatement, which was borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French meaning "to abate." The suffix -ment was added to form a noun indicating the action or result of reducing something.