Abatement
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Abatement refers generally to a lessening, diminution, reduction, or moderation; specifically, it may refer to:
- Abatement of debts and legacies, a common law doctrine of wills
- Abatement in pleading, a legal defense to civil and criminal actions based purely on procedural and technical issues involving the death of parties
- Abatement (heraldry), a modification of the shield or coat of arms that supposedly can be imposed by authority (in England supposedly by the Court of Chivalry) for misconduct
- Asbestos abatement
- Bird abatement, driving or removing undesired birds from an area
- Dust abatement, the process of inhibiting the creation of excess soil dust, a pollutant that contributes to excess levels of particulate matter
- Graffiti abatement
- Nuisance abatement
See also[edit]
- Abate (disambiguation)
- Noise mitigation, also known as noise abatement
- Tax holiday (or tax abatement) is used in the field of economic development to encourage businesses to relocate, expand, and more currently to retain facilities in a community
- 421-a tax abatement, a specific tax abatement program for affordable housing in New York City
- Marginal abatement cost, the marginal cost of reducing pollution
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