abatement
a reduction or lessening
Root
- batt / batter: beat, strike, or knock down
Other words with the batt / batter root
Abatement is the result of abating: force, cost, noise, or harm has been brought down.
The city offered a tax abatement to restore the abandoned building.
Abatement is abate turned into a noun. The idea is reduction after pressure: a penalty lowered, a noise reduced, a nuisance quieted, a burden brought down.