Abating rhymes with:
debating, baiting, debating, annotating, awaiting, baiting, berating, crating, creating, dating, debating, deflating, elating, equating, gating, grating, hating, inflating, innovating, mating, misstating, negating, overrating, plaiting, plating, postdating, procreating, rating, reinstating, relating, restating, sedating, skating, slating, stating, translating, updating, waiting, weighting
Abating sounds like:
abetting, abiding, abutting, aviation's, avoidance, avoiding