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assuage
Verb
  • To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.). transitive
  • To pacify or soothe (someone). transitive
  • To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. intransitive, obsolete