To make less severe or more bearable

• relieve

  1. To free from pain, anxiety, or distress:
  2. (Baseball) To serve as a relief pitcher
  3. To ease, lighten, or reduce (pain, anxiety, etc.)

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  1. To free from pain, anxiety, or distress:
  2. (Baseball) To serve as a relief pitcher
  3. To ease, lighten, or reduce (pain, anxiety, etc.)

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• palliate

  1. To alleviate the symptoms of (a disease or disorder).
  2. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.
  3. To lessen the pain or severity of without actually curing; alleviate; ease

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  1. To alleviate the symptoms of (a disease or disorder).
  2. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.
  3. To lessen the pain or severity of without actually curing; alleviate; ease

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• mitigate

  1. To make or become milder, less severe, less rigorous, or less painful; moderate
  2. To operate or work (against)
  3. To reduce, lessen, or decrease.

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  1. To make or become milder, less severe, less rigorous, or less painful; moderate
  2. To operate or work (against)
  3. To reduce, lessen, or decrease.

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• lighten

  1. To become light; grow brighter
  2. To lessen the severity or oppressiveness of:
  3. To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.

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  1. To become light; grow brighter
  2. To lessen the severity or oppressiveness of:
  3. To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.

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• lessen

  1. To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
  2. To become less; decrease:
  3. (Archaic) To belittle; minimize; disparage

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  1. To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
  2. To become less; decrease:
  3. (Archaic) To belittle; minimize; disparage

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• ease

  1. To lessen in tension, speed, pain, etc.
  2. To free from pain, worry, or trouble; comfort
  3. To alleviate; assuage:

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  1. To lessen in tension, speed, pain, etc.
  2. To free from pain, worry, or trouble; comfort
  3. To alleviate; assuage:

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• comfort

  1. To give a sense of ease to
  2. To soothe in distress or sorrow; ease the misery or grief of; bring consolation or hope to
  3. To ease physically; relieve:

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  1. To give a sense of ease to
  2. To soothe in distress or sorrow; ease the misery or grief of; bring consolation or hope to
  3. To ease physically; relieve:

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• assuage

  1. To calm (passion, anger, etc.); pacify
  2. To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
  3. To lessen (pain, distress, etc.); allay

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  1. To calm (passion, anger, etc.); pacify
  2. To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
  3. To lessen (pain, distress, etc.); allay

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• allay

  1. To calm or pacify (an emotion); set to rest:
  2. To reduce the intensity of; lessen or relieve:
  3. To lessen, relieve, or alleviate (pain, grief, etc.)

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  1. To calm or pacify (an emotion); set to rest:
  2. To reduce the intensity of; lessen or relieve:
  3. To lessen, relieve, or alleviate (pain, grief, etc.)

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