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• v  make less active or intense
• v  become less in amount or intensity
  The storm abated

• Generations of parents of autistic kids have reported that when their child runs a fever, the symptoms of autism seem to abate.
• The symptoms usually abate quickly when people quit caffeine, but in rare cases the symptoms can lead to death.
• Even as soldiers swarmed into the Gulf Coast and residents scattered onto dry land around the country, the anger at the government's response to Katrina did not abate.

• slake
• slack
• let up
• slack off
• die away

News & Articles

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• Financial woes have fallen to lowest level in 4 years, report says
  Americans have seen their financial woes slowly abate, and now money-related problems have fallen to their lowest level in four years, a report says.        
  June 11, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• ABATE of Iowa hosts ride for Missing and Exploited Children
  ABATE of Iowa Districts 23 and 16 held a ride Saturday to honor the lives of abducted children.
  June 8, 2013 - KWWL Iowa
• ABATE presentation
  SUNY Oswego Police Lt. Kevin Velzy (left) welcomes ABATE education officer Sandy Mensch, ABATE Vice President Bruce LePorte and ABATE President Jim Waterman for a recent program on motorcycle safety.
  June 7, 2013 - The Palladium-Times

Quotes

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• John Key in Sydney Morning Herald
  We have a skills deficit and while that may abate slightly because of the downturn in the economy and growing unemployment, we still need to make sure we have got enough skills to grow our economy and develop further,Key said on Monday.
• Christian Noyer in Hindustan Times
  Doubts about the sustainability of public finances in many countries lie at the root of current uncertainty,Noyer, who is also governor of the Bank of France, told a business conference in Paris. "A condition for market tensions to abate...