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RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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To make an unpleasant feeling or condition less intense.

verb

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assuage

A clear explanation helped assuage the parents' fears.
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The apology did little to assuage her resentment.
From Vocabulary Studio 6: Assuage to aver.
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