Present participle of abate; in the process of reducing, diminishing, or lessening.
From abate + -ing (present participle suffix). The suffix -ing turns verbs into their continuous or gerund forms.
The phrase 'abating nuisance' is a legal term for something harmful that's being actively reduced or eliminated—the word lives on in law even as it fades from daily speech!
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