
Assuage
Lessening Feelings
Used to describe reducing the strength of negative emotions or sensations.

A heartfelt apology can assuage feelings of anger.
Emotional Relief
Often applied in situations offering comfort or consolation to someone upset.

Hearing her missing dog was found assuaged her distress.
Not Eliminate
Doesn't necessarily mean to completely remove, but to lessen to a more bearable level.

The medication assuaged his headache, but it didn't disappear completely.
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