Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assuagement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Assuagement \As*suage"ment\, n. [OF. assouagement, asuagement.]
Mitigation; abatement.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
assuagement
n : the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed
or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded
with relief" [syn: {relief}, {alleviation}]
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