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as in softening, cushioning
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- heavy-handed,
- oppressive,
- pitiless,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic)
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“Emollient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emollient. Accessed 14 May. 2021.
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The first known use of emollient was in 1626
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