— assuagement , n. — assuager , n.
/euh swayj", euh swayzh"/ , v.t., assuaged, assuaging .
1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.
3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.
[ 1250-1300; ME aswagen asouagier assuaviare, equiv. to L as- AS- + -suaviare, v. deriv. of L suavis agreeable to the taste, pleasant (cf. SUAVE; akin to SWEET) ]
Syn. 1. alleviate, lessen.
Ant . intensify.