abatement
C2CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
The suspension or termination of legal proceedings, as on the death of a party.
The claimant's death worked an abatement of the suit until his personal representatives were substituted.
Business noun
A reduction or suspension of rent, or the removal of a legal nuisance affecting property.
Because the flooded floor was unusable, the tenant claimed an abatement of rent for the period.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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