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Mollify

To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

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Calm 76% connected

Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility;…

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Lull 76% connected

To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.

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Quiet 76% connected

In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Soften 76% connected

To make soft or more soft.

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Still 76% connected

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

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Tranquilize 76% connected

Alt. of Tranquillize

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Tranquillize 76% connected

To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotio…

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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Appease 92% connected

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assuage 92% connected

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisf…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Conciliate 92% connected

To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gentle 92% connected

Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gruntle 92% connected

To grunt; to grunt repeatedly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lenify 92% connected

To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moderate 92% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pacify 92% connected

To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Placate 92% connected

Same as Placard, 4 & 5.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Season 92% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Temper 92% connected

To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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