Past tense of 'abate': reduced, lessened, or diminished in intensity, amount, or degree.
From 'abate' (to reduce), past participle form. The root comes from Old French 'abatre' and Latin roots meaning to beat down or make smaller.
When a fever is 'abated' or a storm is 'abated,' things get measurably better—it's a concrete, observable reduction. The word has a sense of permanence that 'lessened' sometimes lacks; abated suggests real improvement, not just temporary pause.
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