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lightening
adjective as in comforting
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adjective as in lessening
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noun as in palliation
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- abatement
- alleviation
- amelioration
- appeasement
- assistance
- assuagement
- balm
- break
- breather
- cheer
- comfort
- consolation
- contentment
- cure
- deliverance
- diversion
- ease
- easement
- extrication
- fix
- hand
- happiness
- help
- letup
- lift
- maintenance
- mitigation
- mollification
- palliative
- refreshment
- release
- remission
- reprieve
- respite
- rest
- restfulness
- satisfaction
- softening
- solace
- succor
- support
- sustenance
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noun as in relief
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Example Sentences
Mockery gives us a way to express our sorrow at what is happening to the American value of peaceful coexistence, while lightening the mood.
The "silliness" of the formulation was "lightening the subject matter of this trial," he told Judge Cannon.
Girls and women with darker skin tones are called derogatory names and face discrimination; and skin lightening products make for big business, earning billions of dollars in profits.
The cause of the blaze remains unknown, though lightening has been ruled out.
Firefighters faced difficult conditions Sunday as dry thunderstorms brought increased wind and threatened lightening strikes that could ignite new fires, according to the briefing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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