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| VERB: | 1. To ease the anger or agitation of: appease, calm (down), conciliate, dulcify, gentle, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, soften, soothe, sweeten. Idioms: pour oil on troubled water. See CALM. 2. To make less severe or more bearable: allay, alleviate, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten2, mitigate, palliate, relieve. See INCREASE.
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