Abatement, n. 1. Diminution, decrease, lessening, mitigation, assuagement, decrement, extenuation, remission.

2. Subsidence, wane, ebb.

3. Discount, allowance, rebate, deduction, reduction, drawback.

Abbey, n. Monastery, convent, cloister, priory, nunnery.

Abbreviate, v. a. Shorten (by cutting off), curtail, reduce, contract, retrench, abridge, condense, compress, epitomize, cut short, cut down.

Abbreviation, n. Shortening (by cutting off), curtailment, contraction, abridgment, reduction, condensation, compression.

Abdicate, v. a. Resign (an office or dignity), surrender (a right), cede, forego, renounce, relinquish, abandon, quit, vacate, give up, part with, lay down, renounce all claim to.

Abdicate, v. n. Resign, relinquish office (especially that of a king), vacate the throne.

Abdication, n. Abdicating, resignation, surrender, renunciation, abandonment.

Abdomen, n. Belly, paunch.

Abdominal, a. Ventral.

Abdominous, a. Large-bellied, great-bellied, big-bellied, pot-bellied, tun-bellied.

Abduce, v. a. (Anat.) Withdraw, draw away, pull back.

Abduct, v. a. Kidnap, carry off, run away with, run off with.

Abduction, n. 1. Withdrawing, withdrawal, withdrawment, drawing away.

2. Kidnapping.

Aberdevine, n. Siskin (Carduelis spinus).

Aberrance, n. Deviation, departure.

Aberrant, a. 1. Deviating, wandering, rambling, diverging, divergent, devious, erratic, out of the way.

2. Irregular, abnormal, unnatural, unusual, singular, peculiar, anomalous, unconformable, exceptional, strange, anomalistic, eccentric, monstrous, preternatural.

Aberration, n. 1. Deviation, divergence, wandering, rambling, departure.

2. Irregularity, eccentricity, singularity, peculiarity, strangeness, unconformity, anomaly, abnormity, monstrosity.

3. Illusion, delusion, hallucination, monomania, self-deception.

Abet, v. a. 1. Aid, assist, help, support, succor, second, sustain, uphold, back, co-operate with, take part with, give support to.

2. Favor, encourage, sanction, countenance, advocate, connive at.

3. (Law.) Instigate (to commit a crime), stimulate, incite, foment.

Abettor, n. 1. Assistant, helper, aider, coadjutor, co-operator, ally, auxiliary.

2. Advocate, adviser, promoter, instigator.

3. Confederate, accomplice, accessory, particeps criminis, socius criminis.

Abeyance, n. 1. (Law.) Expectation, prospect, expectancy, waiting, anticipation, calculation, contemplation.

2. Suspense, reservation, intermission, remission, dormancy, quiescence.

Abhor, v. a. Hate, abominate, detest, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, view with horror.

Abhorrence, n. Abomination, horror, detestation, hatred, loathing, disgust, antipathy, aversion.

Abhorrent, a. 1. Hating, detesting, abominating, loathing.

2. Odious, offensive, shocking, repugnant, hateful, loathsome.

Abide, v. n. 1. Stay, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, keep, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.

2. Dwell, reside, live, inhabit, settle, plant one's self, get a footing, get a foothold.

3. Remain, continue, persist, persevere, subsist, go on, keep on, be steadfast, be constant.

4. Endure, bear.

Abide, v. a. 1. Await, attend, wait for, be in readiness for, be in store for.

2. Endure, tolerate, bear, brook, suffer, bear with, put up with.

Abide by. Act up to, conform to, persist in.

Abiding, a. Permanent, lasting, durable, constant, continuing, stable.

Ability, n. 1. Power (to execute any thing), ableness, force, potency, might, efficiency, efficacy, strength, energy, skill, skilfulness, dexterity, address, cleverness, ingenuity, talent, aptitude, aptness, knack, expertness, facility, quickness, readiness.

2. Qualification, competency, sufficiency.

3. Capacity, capability, capableness, faculty, gift, parts, genius, endowment, calibre, forte, turn.

Abject, a. Base, vile, mean, low, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, dirty, squalid, grovelling, pitiful, ignoble, degraded, worthless, poor, servile, slavish, menial, sneaking, sordid, shabby, scurvy, miserable, wretched, low-minded, base-minded, earth-born, earth-bred.

Abjection, n. 1. [Rare.] Humbling, humiliation.