v.中（停）止,减免（轻）,成为无效,废除,撤销
P.～a cause of action拒绝认可诉因 V. to～a debt减免债务

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to～a nuisance 终止滋扰,停止妨碍

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～a price 还价

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～a tax 减税

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～an action 撤销诉讼

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～rents减少租额
O. the legacies～d proportionately 遗产按比例减少

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when a public officer is a party to an appeal in an official capacity and during its pendency dies, the action does not～如一公共官员以公职身份在上诉中为一方当事人且在诉讼期间死亡,该诉讼不得予以撤销

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Com.：abate, curtail, diminish, lower, reduce 均有减轻和减少的含义。其中, reduce 最为通用,可指在体积、数量、金额、程度及范围等方面的减少,如 to reduce expenses（labor force, acreage of property, means, etc.）以及 to reduce to letting rooms, private 等；abate 在法律英语中常用作及物动词,多指在强度或程度上减轻或全部及部分废除；curtail 一般用作指突然减少或彻底除去原来并不计划或打算的事务,多指抽象而非具体的东西；diminish 常指部分删减,如责任、人口、数量等,所删减部分有时并非无价值；lower 多指价值、等级及水平的减少和降低,其强调程度和所指的精确程度不及 reduce