Chapter Aback to Abominable of A by Soule's Synonymes

Abasement, n.

1. Depression, detrusion, reduction, lowering, fall, deterioration, degradation, debasement, degeneracy, degeneration, vitiation, perversion, depravation.

2. Abjectness, abjection, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, despicableness, ignominy, turpitude, infamy.

3. Humiliation, condescension, submission, submissiveness, resignation, humility, meekness, humbleness, lowliness, self-abasement.

Abash, v. a. Shame, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert, discompose, cow, 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. See discountenance.

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, attemper, quiet, quell, calm, dull, blunt.

4. Batter down, beat down, demolish, raze, lay low.

5. (Law.) Remove, suppress, terminate, put an end to.

Abate, v. n.

1. Decrease, diminish, lessen, subside, sink, wane, decline, fall away, fall off, fade, fade away, ebb, intermit, slacken.

2. (Law.) Be defeated, frustrated, or overthrown, fail.

Abatement, n.

1. Diminution, decrease, decrement, lessening, mitigation, moderation, assuagement, extenuation, remission.

2. Subsidence, decline, lowering, sinking, settling, wane, fading, evanishing, evanishment, ebb.

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