Assuage – WOTD
assuage \uh-SWAYJ\ verb
*1 : to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
2 : pacify, quiet
3 : to put an end to by satisfying : appease, quenchExample sentence:
After her son’s first fender bender, Patty tried to assuage his feelings of humiliation by sharing tales of her own misadventures behind the wheel.
