Bible Dictionary: Abatement

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.

2. (n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.

3. (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

4. (n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.

Library

Abatement of Persecution against the Christians Because of the War ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXXV."Abatement of Persecution against the Christians
because of the War with the Goths. The barbarians having ...
/.../chapter xxxv abatement of persecution against.htm

The Controversy Continues Without Abatement, Even after the ...
... Book II. Chapter LXXIII."The Controversy continues without Abatement,
even after the Receipt of This Letter. In this manner the ...
/.../the life of constantine/chapter lxxiii the controversy continues without.htm

Chapter viii
... CHAPTER VIII. The Abatement of the Flood; Noah's Exit from the Ark The Flood
story proceeds with a simple narration utterly devoid ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter viii.htm

The Righteousness of Faith
... or covenant, (which, indeed, was not given by God to Moses, but to Adam in his state
of innocence,) the strict tenor whereof, without any abatement, was, "Do ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 6 the righteousness of.htm

He Has no Right to Assert a Greater and Less in the Divine Being. ...
... Again, to conceive of this difference as consisting in the case of the Only-begotten
and the Spirit in the intensity or abatement of moral excellence, and in ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 22 he has no.htm

part ii
... Men can talk all day long about other matters without any abatement of their health;
and why may we not talk with men about their salvation without such great ...
//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the reformed pastor/part ii.htm

Prepositional Phrases
... PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES. Preposition "of". A. abandon of spontaneity. abatement of
misery. aberrations of judgment. abhorrence of meanness. absence of vainglory. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section v prepositional phrases.htm

The Resurrection of Christ; his Last Interview with his Disciples ...
... The narrative is written in a plain and artless manner; and our pleasure in perusing
it suffers no abatement from the suspicion of misinformation, or ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture i the resurrection of.htm

The Wages of Sin
... come to naught. He devotes to the interests of his government all he is
and all he has, without reserve or abatement. But some of ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/finney/sermons on gospel themes/iii the wages of sin.htm

The Case of Spiritual Decay and Languor in Religion
... And here I desire, that, before I proceed any farther, you would observe that I
do not comprehend under this head every abatement of that fervor which a young ...
/.../the rise and progress of religion in the soul/chapter xxii the case of.htm

Thesaurus

Abatement (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution,
or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance ...
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Remission (18 Occurrences)
... n.) A temporary subsidence of a disease or of pain, as distinguished from intermission,
in which the disease completely leaves the patient for a time; abatement...
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Deduction (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (n.) That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction
from the yearly rent. Multi-Version Concordance Deduction (1 Occurrence). ...
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Abated (10 Occurrences)

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Abba (3 Occurrences)

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Valuation (22 Occurrences)
... his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according
to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be ...
/v/valuation.htm - 14k

Off (5363 Occurrences)
... 4. (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or
remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all ...
/o/off.htm - 8k

Intermission (2 Occurrences)
... Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement
of fever. 4. (n.) Intervention; interposition. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Full (1047 Occurrences)
... 10. (adv.) Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with the
whole force or effect; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely. 11. ...
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Bible Concordance

Abatement (1 Occurrence)

Leviticus 27:18 But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain to the Year of Jubilee; and an abatement shall be made from your valuation.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Subtopics

Abatement

Related Terms

Remission (18 Occurrences)

Deduction (1 Occurrence)

Abated (10 Occurrences)

Abba (3 Occurrences)

Valuation (22 Occurrences)

Off (5363 Occurrences)

Intermission (2 Occurrences)

Full (1047 Occurrences)

Tare (4 Occurrences)