allay

allay verb abate, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, cause to be still, cause to subside, check, compose, constrain, control, curb, curtail, deaden, decrease, diminish, dull, hush, lenire, lessen, lighten, lull, minimize, mitigare, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, qualify, quell, quench, quiet, reduce, reduce in severity, relieve, repress, restrain, sedare, silence, slake, smooth, soften, soothe, still, subdue, suppress, temper, tone down, tranquilize

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See also: abate, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, commute, decrease, discount, lessen, lull, minimize, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, obtund, palliate, placate, redress, relax, relieve, repress, soothe, subdue