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101conciliatory — adj 1. placatory, placative, appeasing, propitiative, pacifying, pacificatory, assuaging, conciliative; acommodative, obliging, deferential, obeisant; forbearing, forgiving, acquiescent, ready to give in; accordant, concordant, harmonious,… …
102lenitive — adj 1. palliative, mitigative, mitigating, alleviative, alleviating, relieving, easing; soothing, softening, assuasive, assuaging, mollifying, demulcent, emollient, balmy, balsamic, A rchaic. lenient; calmative, sedative, relaxing; lubricative,… …
103ministerial — adj 1. clerical, priestly, sacerdotal, pastoral; ecclesiastical, hierarchical, prelatic, canonical, capitular. 2. ambassadorial, diplomatic, consular, emissary, representative, plenipotentiary, official, Inf. cabinet. 3. ministering, serving,… …
104propitiatory — adj conciliatory, placatory, placative, propitiative, appeasing, pacifying, pacificatory, assuaging; accommodating, obliging, deferential, obeisant; reconciliatory, reconciliating, peacemaking, pacific, pacifical, dovish …
105remission — n 1. forwarding, transmission, transmittal, transmitting, sending, dispatch, dispatching, remitting; payment, paying, discharge, discharging; remunerating, reimbursement, reimbursing, compensation, settlement, settling, paying off or up,… …
106satisfaction — n 1. fulfillment, gratification, appeasing, assuaging, assuagement, placating. 2. content, contentment, pleasure, enjoyment, joy, delight, happiness, comfort. 3. acceptance, assurance, belief, trust. 4. reparation, compensation, indemnity,… …
107assuage — UK [əˈsweɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms assuage : present tense I/you/we/they assuage he/she/it assuages present participle assuaging past tense assuaged past participle assuaged formal to make an unpleasant or painful feeling less severe …
108comfort — com•fort [[t]ˈkʌm fərt[/t]] v. t. 1) to soothe, console, or reassure; bring solace or cheer to: to comfort someone after a loss[/ex] 2) to make physically comfortable 3) relief in affliction; consolation; solace 4) a feeling of relief or… …
109sedative — sed•a•tive [[t]ˈsɛd ə tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) tending to calm or soothe 2) assuaging pain or allaying irritability or excitement 3) pha a sedative drug or agent • Etymology: 1375–1425; (adj.) (< MF sédatif) < ML sēdātīvus …
110assuage — /əˈsweɪdʒ / (say uh swayj) verb (t) (assuaged, assuaging) 1. to make milder or less severe; mitigate; ease: to assuage grief. 2. to appease; satisfy: to assuage appetite; to assuage thirst; to assuage a craving. 3. to mollify; pacify: to assuage… …
