-mənt noun
( -s )
1.
a. : the act of assuaging : alleviation , relief
the assuagement of their hunger by a few more mouthfuls than usual — Glenway Wescott
b. : the quality or state of being assuaged
the founts whereat my soul … may cool assuagement find — Selwyn Image
2. : something that assuages : alleviative
his social … inadequacies led him to the assuagements of anti-Semitism and a superpatriotism — Time