ASSUAGINGS Synonyms

• affording physical relief

• freeing from fear and anxiety

• the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

• the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

• the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

• the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

• the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

• to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious

• a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

• the action of lessening in severity or intensity

• a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered

• the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

• the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined

• a treaty to cease hostilities

• actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

• the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

• the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)

• (law) redress awarded by a court

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• assistance in time of difficulty

• a pause for relaxation

• a change for the better

• aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped

• the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

• sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

• the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged