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assuagement

as·suage
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh]
    • /əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ/
    • /ə.ˈsweɪdʒ.mənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh]
    • /əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ/

Definitions of assuagement word

  • verb with object assuagement to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain. 1
  • verb with object assuagement to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger. 1
  • verb with object assuagement to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger. 1
  • noun assuagement The action of assuaging; appeasement. 1
  • noun assuagement The condition of being assuaged. 0
  • noun assuagement An assuaging medicine or application. 0

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Origin of assuagement

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English aswagen < Old French asouagier < Vulgar Latin *assuāviāre, equivalent to Latin as- as- + -suāviāre, verbal derivative of Latin suāvis agreeable to the taste, pleasant (cf. suave; akin to sweet)

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Parts of speech for Assuagement

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

assuagement popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

assuagement usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for assuagement

noun assuagement

  • appeasement — Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
  • easement — Law. a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose, as right of passage.
  • alleviation — an alleviating or being alleviated
  • abatement — Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it.
  • mitigation — the act of mitigating, or lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant, as wrath, pain, grief, or extreme circumstances: Social support is the most important factor in the mitigation of stress among adolescents.

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