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[From Middle English rebaten, to deduct, from Old French rabattre, rebattre, to reduce, to beat down again, re-, re-, + abbattre, to beat down; see abate.]
[Middle English rabet, from Old French rabat, recess in a wall, act of beating down, from rabattre, to beat down again; see rebate1.]
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