assuagement

assuagement
n
1. relief, easing, easement, letup, respite, remission; abatement, mitigation, alleviation, palliation; softening, mollification, soothing, comfort; sedative, tranquilizer, alleviative, palliative, lenitive, balm, Med. calmative, anodyne, Med. analgesic.
2. satisfaction, appeasement, gratification, fulfillment, satiation; refreshment, refection, repast, collation.

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  • Assuagement — As*suage ment, n. [OF. assouagement, asuagement.] Mitigation; abatement. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • assuagement — index mitigation, moderation, mollification, relief (release), remission Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • assuagement — assuage ► VERB 1) make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. 2) satisfy (an appetite or desire). DERIVATIVES assuagement noun. ORIGIN Old French assouagier, from Latin suavis sweet …   English terms dictionary

  • assuagement — noun see assuage …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • assuagement — See assuage. * * * …   Universalium

  • assuagement — noun a) The action of assuaging; appeasement. b) The condition of being assuaged …   Wiktionary

  • assuagement — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Freedom, especially from pain: alleviation, ease, mitigation, palliation, relief. See INCREASE …   English dictionary for students

  • assuagement — n. appeasement; act of soothing …   English contemporary dictionary

  • assuagement — n. Mitigation, pacification, easing, abatement. See preceding verb, and alleviation …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • assuagement — as·suage·ment …   English syllables

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