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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1304/
- Published: 2023-08-25T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-22T18:34:45.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

The word for today is…

assuage (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, quench

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assuage?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Assuage comes from the Latin adjective suavis, meaning“sweet.” (Sweet itself is also a distant relation.) To assuage something painful or distressing, such as fear, guilt, or grief, is to lessen its intensity the way, say, saccharine grape flavoring helps mask some of the bitterness of cough syrup. Similarly, to assuage hunger or thirst is to end it by satisfying it fully.

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