Abandonment, n. 1. Abandoning, relinquishment, desertion, dereliction.
2. Renunciation, surrender, cession, resignation, abnegation, abjuration, rejection, abdication.
Abarticulation, n. (Med.) Diarthrosis.
Abase, v. a. 1. Depress, lower, reduce, drop, sink, stoop, cast down, let down, let fall.
2. Degrade, humble, disgrace, dishonor, humiliate, debase, bring low, take down.
Abasement, n. 1. Depression, detrusion, reduction, lowering, fall, deterioration, degradation, debasement, degeneracy, vitiation, perversion, depravation.
2. Abjectness, abjection, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, despicableness.
3. Humiliation, condescension, submission, submissiveness, resignation, humility, meekness, humbleness, lowliness, self-abasement.
Abash, v. a. Shame, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert, discompose, discountenance, humiliate, humble, snub, put to shame, make ashamed, put down, put out of countenance, take down, send away with a flea in one's ear.
Abashment, n. Confusion, shame, mortification, embarrassment.
Abate, v. a. 1. Lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, lower, relax, slacken.
2. Remit, allow, bate, rebate, deduct.
3. Moderate, assuage, mitigate, soothe, soften, qualify, alleviate, mollify, allay, appease, pacify, compose, tranquillize, temper, attempor, quiet, quell, calm, dull, blunt.
4. (Law.) Remove, suppress, terminate, put an end to.
Abate, v. a. 1. Decrease, diminish, lessen, subside, wane, ebb, intermit, slacken.
2. (Law.) Be defeated, frustrated, or overthrown.
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.