verb
To lessen
reduce, relieve, alleviate, moderate; see decrease 2, relieve 2.
To soothe
mollify, pacify, ease; see quiet 1. See syn. study atrelieve.
See allay in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To make less severe or more bearable:
To make or become calm:
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