assuagement

Noun
Synonyms: reliefalleviation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced“as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief”Synonyms: reliefalleviation
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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