assuage

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

as·suage (ə-swājʹ)tr.v. as·suaged, as·suag·ing, as·suag·es
1. To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe:
assuage her grief.
See Synonyms at relieve.
2. To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
3. To pacify or calm:
assuage their chronic insecurity. [Middle English asswagen, from Old French assuagier, from Vulgar Latin *assuāviāre: Latin ad-, ad- + Latin suāvis, sweet, delightful; See swād- in Indo-European Roots.] as·suageʹment n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  relieve, alleviate, palliate, quench, slake, allay, pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle