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assuage
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1
to make more bearable or less severe
- a mother cooing to her toddler and assuaging his fear of the dark
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2
to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)
- That huge meal certainly assuaged my hunger.
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3
to lessen the anger or agitation of
- Nothing would assuage the angry parent except the prompt dismissal of the teacher who had used corporal punishment without authorization.
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relieve, alleviate, lighten, assuage, mitigate, allay mean to make something less grievous. relieve implies a lifting of enough of a burden to make it tolerable.
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- took an aspirin to relieve the pain
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- the lotion alleviated the itching
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- good news would lighten our worries
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- ocean breezes assuaged the intense heat
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- the need to mitigate barbaric laws
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- allayed their fears
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