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Hot words: lessening pain, tension and conflict

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allay   to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain  
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alleviate   to lessen pain or tension  
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ameliorate   to make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension  
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appease   to make tranquil or quiet, especially by giving into demands; to pacify  
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assuage   to alleviate; to lessen pain or conflict; pacify  
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conciliate   to win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods  
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mediate   to act as a go-between in settling conflicts or disputes between people or opposing sides  
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mitigate   to make or become less severe; to lesson pain or damage  
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mollify   to pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or violent  
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pacify   to calm; to make peaceful; to restore to a tranquil state  
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placate   to make calm; to soothe  
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quell   to pacify; to subdue; to quiet down  
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