Assuage (WOTD)

Assuage (ə-SWAYJ) verb

  1. make less severe.
  2. satisfy, appease.
  3. soother, mollify.

Related words: assuagement and assuager both nouns.

Source – The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate.

Example:

Despite his father’s best efforts to assuage his fears, Timothy was still terrified as he climbed the ladder.

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