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assuage /əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ/
verb (used with object) assuaged, assuaging.
- to make milder or less sever; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one’s grief; to assuage one’s pain.
- to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one’s hunger.
- to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.
Origin of assuage
Middle English, Old French 1250-1300
Related forms: assuagement, noun; assuager, noun
Synonyms
- alleviate, lessen.
Antonyms
- intensify.
Source: Dictionary.com
To assuage my mom’s worries, I visited my brother in Tangerang last week.
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