assuagement

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assuagement - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Assuagement \As*suage"ment\, n. [OF. assouagement, asuagement.]
     Mitigation; abatement.
     [1913 Webster]

assuagement - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  assuagement
      n 1: 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, assuagement]