assuage
[verb]
Synonyms: relieve, allay, alleviate, ease, lighten, mitigate, mollify, pacify, appease, conciliate, placate, propitiate, sweeten

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Antonyms: exacerbate
Contrasted words: augment, increase, recruit, reinforce, enhance, exaggerate, heighten, intensify, magnify, strengthen, annoy, inflame, nettle, provoke, ruffle, vex
Related Words: placate, calm, ease, relax, slack, slacken, soothe

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as‧suage /əˈsweɪdʒ/ verb [transitive] literary
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuaviare, from Latin ad- 'to' + suavis 'sweet']
to make an unpleasant feeling less painful or severe Synonym : relieve:
Nothing could assuage his guilt.

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