Assuagement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈsweɪd͡ʒmənt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Assuagement is a noun meaning The action of assuaging; appeasement.
Meaning
The action of assuaging; appeasement.
More Meanings
- The condition of being assuaged.
- An assuaging medicine or application.
Example Sentences
This was the sole consideration, that afforded any degree of assuagement to her sufferings.
I had thought two years ago that sex was simply a sensuous craving, an appetite needing assuagement and trailing with it a sense of beauty.
Writing, it was like a heavenly balm, it was like the flowing out of deep waters, it was like the lifting of a load from the spirit; it brought with it a sense of relief, of assuagement.
Far down below the Christian captives pine / In dungeon depths, and whoso dares to bring / Assuagements for their wounds, or food, or wine, / Must brave the fiercest vengeance of the king.
Word Forms
- assuagements
Synonyms for assuagement
Depending on context, synonyms include alleviation, relief, respite.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alleviation, relief, placation, reappeasement, allayment, allaying.
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