| Ham IV.vii.119 | [Claudius to Laertes] That we would do / We should do when we would. For this 'would' changes, / And hath abatements and delays |
| KL I.iv.59 | [Third Knight to Lear] There's a great abatement of kindness appears |
| TN I.i.13 | [Orsino to all, of love] naught enters there, ... / But falls into abatement and low price |
| TNK I.i.225 | [Theseus to Pirithous, of the feast] Make no abatement |