abatement Copy link Outline I. Decrease, diminution1. dēcessĭo or dēcessus, ŭs2. rĕmissĭo3. dēmĭnētĭoII. Diminution of price, *remissioIII. Legal t. t. failure • abatement: I. Decrease, diminution: 1. dēcessĭo or dēcessus, ŭs: the ab. of a fever, decessio or decessus febris, Cels. 2. rĕmissĭo: the ab. of a fever, r. febris, Suet.: of a disease, morbi, Cic.: of a punishment, poenae, Cic. 3. dēmĭnētĭo: an ab. of taxes, d. vectigalium, Cic.: v. remission. II. Diminution of price, *remissio: to make an ab. of 10 per cent., *remissionem centesimarum denarum facere: to make an ab. in the price, *remittere de pretio indicato. III. Legal t. t. failure: the ab. of a writ, exceptĭo dīlātōrĭa, Gai.: the ab. of an action, actionis abolitio, Dig.