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in abatement

in abatement prepositional phrase: seeking termination of an action by reason of formal deficiency.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Seeking termination of an action by reason of formal deficiency.

Questions about in abatement

What does in abatement mean?
In abatement means seeking termination of an action by reason of formal deficiency.
What part of speech is in abatement?
In abatement is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in abatement in the dictionary

  1. in a way of speaking
  2. in a while
  3. in a while, crocodile
  4. in a word
  5. in a world of one's own
  6. in abatement
  7. in abeyance
  8. in Abraham's bosom
  9. in absentia
  10. in abundance
  11. in accord

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