allay
I
verb
abate, alleviate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, cause to be still, cause to subside, check, compose, constrain, control, curb, curtail, deaden, decrease, diminish, dull, hush, lenire, lessen, lighten, lull, minimize, mitigare, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, qualify, quell, quench, quiet, reduce, reduce in severity, relieve, repress, restrain, sedare, silence, slake, smooth, soften, soothe, still, subdue, suppress, temper, tone down, tranquilize
II
index
alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, commute, decrease, discount (minimize), lessen, lull, mitigate, moderate (temper), modify (moderate), mollify, obtund, palliate (abate), placate, redress, relax, relieve (free from burden), repress, soothe, subdue
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006