abatement
nounA reduction in intensity, amount, or severity.
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Clear all filtersA reduction in intensity, amount, or severity.
Providing a release of strong or pent-up emotions.
Continuing without stopping or interruption.
Continuing without interruption
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To become tiresome or unpleasant through an excess of something initially pleasing.
Increasing or developing as successive additions or effects build on one another.
Well chosen, apt, or pleasingly appropriate.
A model of time preference in which the value assigned to a delayed outcome falls sharply at short delays and more gradually at longer delays.
Delay-sensitive discount model
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Continuing with little or no interruption.
To seek favor or acceptance through pleasing behavior.
Easing the effects or severity of a problem without necessarily removing its cause.
Continuing indefinitely or recurring so often as to seem constant.
Continuing indefinitely
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Developing by stages or favoring reform and new approaches.
Developing in stages
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Having a distinct, pleasing flavor.
The occurrence of a valuable or pleasing discovery by chance.
Continuing without relief or interruption.
Without relief or interruption
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