C. T. Onions, A Shakespeare Glossary, abatement

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abatement (in sense 1 usu. legal metaphor)

1. reduction, diminution Ham. IV. vii. 120 “abatements and delays,” Lr. I. iv. 64, Cym. V. iv. 21.

2. depreciation of a person's character Tw.N. I. i. 13.

A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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