abating

Definitions

Becoming less intense, widespread, or severe.

Reducing or removing a nuisance or legal impediment.

Examples

The storm showed no signs of abating, forcing the residents to remain indoors.

After hours of intense negotiations, the tension in the room was finally abating.

Synonyms

diminishing lessening decreasing subsiding waning dwindling mitigating

Antonyms

increasing intensifying growing expanding amplifying escalating strengthening