Assuage

Verb

 * 1)  To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
 * 2)  To pacify or soothe (someone).
 * 3)   To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

Derived terms

 * assuagement
 * assuager

Thesaurus
abate; adjust to; allay; alleviate; alter; anesthetize; appease; attemper; bank the fire; benumb; blunt; box in; chasten; circumscribe; condition; constrain; control; cushion; damp; dampen; de-emphasize; deaden; deaden the pain; diminish; downplay; dull; ease; ease matters; extenuate; feast; feed; foment; give relief; gratify; hedge; hedge about; keep within bounds; lay; leaven; lenify; lessen; lighten; limit; lull; mitigate; moderate; modify; modulate; mollify; narrow; numb; obtund; pad; palliate; play down; poultice; pour balm into; pour oil on; qualify; quench; reduce; reduce the temperature; regale; regulate by; relieve; restrain; restrict; salve; sate; satiate; satisfy; season; set conditions; set limits; slacken; slake; slow down; smother; sober; sober down; soften; soothe; stifle; stupe; subdue; suppress; tame; temper; tone down; tune down; underplay; weaken