Assuagement

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  assuagement
       n : the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed
           or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded
           with relief" [syn: {relief}, {alleviation}]