Assuaging
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who assuages.
"In our sorrow at the loss of friends, if we shun direct and proffered consolations, we love the assuagings which another's pity administers to us in the gentle tones, mild manners, kind looks, and nameless little notices […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of assuage form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"In our sorrow at the loss of friends, if we shun direct and proffered consolations, we love the assuagings which another's pity administers to us in the gentle tones, mild manners, kind looks, and nameless little notices […]"