abatement
/əˈbeɪtm(ə)nt
/noun [mass noun]
1The action of abating or being abated; ending or subsiding: this trend shows no sign of abatement
Synonyms
subsiding, dying down/away/out, dropping off/away, lessening, easing (off), decrease, diminishing, moderation, decline, declining, fade, dwindling, cooling off, tailing off, petering out, tapering off, wane, waning, ebb, relenting, desisting, weakening
lessening, decrease, moderation, easing, softening, soothing, relief, blunting, deadening, alleviation, mitigation, mollification, allaying, assuagement, palliation, tempering, appeasement, attenuation
decrease, reduction, lowering
1.1 Law The reduction or removal of a nuisance: [as modifier]: it was resolved to serve an abatement notice...
- A single case of noise-induced hearing loss might be the trigger for intensified noise abatement.
- But victims complain that it takes a long time to obtain a noise abatement notice requiring their neighbours to turn down the volume.
- The pub was served with the noise abatement order after a resident of a neighbouring housing development complained to the council.