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n. Plural form of abate.

v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abate.

"While this may seem counterintuitive in the face of continued domestic violence worldwide, it is notable that in those societies or communities where intimate violence is stigmatized and reviled, the violence abates."

to abate in lands   

abated    abates    abating   

diminish    fall    lessen    decrease    minify   

abating process    abated arms   

lessen    diminish    contract    moderate    deduct    omit    blunt    deprive    intermit    decline   

Ate    Cate    Est    Fate    Haight    Iwate    Kate    Kuwait    Nate    Solid-state