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| Main Entry: |
loose/loosen
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free; unbind |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, become unfastened, break up, deliver, detach, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disenthrall, disjoin, ease, ease off, emancipate, extricate, free, let go, let out, liberate, manumit, mitigate, relax, release, separate, slacken, unbar, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfix, unhitch, unhook, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unpin, unscrew, unsnap, unstick, unstrap, untie, untighten, work free, work loose |
| Antonyms: | bind, limit, restrict, tighten |
| Main Entry: | modify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, reduce |
| Synonyms: | abate, curb, decrease, limit, lower, mitigate, moderate, modulate, qualify, relax, remit, restrain, restrict, slacken, soften, temper, tone down |
| Antonyms: | grow, increase |
| Main Entry: | mollify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pacify, soothe |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, dulcify, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, take sting out, temper, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | pacify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peaceful; appease |
| Synonyms: | allay, ameliorate, assuage, bury the hatchet, butter up, calm, chasten, compose, con, conciliate, cool, dulcify, fix up, grease, kiss and make up, lay back, lull, make peace, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacificate, placate, propitiate, put the lid on, qualify, quell, quiet, relieve, repress, silence, smooth over, soft-pedal, soften, soothe, square, still, stroke, subdue, sweeten, take the edge off, tame, temper, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | agitate, incite, irritate, upset |
| Main Entry: | palliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gloss over; cover up |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, apologize for, assuage, camouflage, cloak, conceal, condone, cover, diminish, disguise, dissemble, ease, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, gloze, hide, hush up, justify, lessen, lighten, make light of, mask, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, prettify, put on a Band-Aid, qualify, quick fix, relieve, screen, soften, soothe, sugarcoat, temper, varnish, veil, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | accuse, blame, condemn |
| Main Entry: | qualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lessen, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abate, adapt, alter, assuage, change, circumscribe, diminish, ease, limit, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, regulate, restrain, soften, temper, vary, weaken |
| Notes: | qualify means to describe the character or the qualities or peculiarities of - or to prove capable or fit, while quantify means to express as a number or measure or quantity |
| Antonyms: | allow, be lenient |
| Main Entry: | quell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alleviate, calm |
| Synonyms: | allay, appease, assuage, check, compose, deaden, dull, ease, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reduce, silence, soothe, still |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, agitate, disturb, irritate, perturb |
| Main Entry: | quench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | satisfy, especially thirst |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, content, cool*, glut, gorge, gratify, lighten, mitigate, moisten, relieve, sate, satiate, slake |
| Antonyms: | dissatisfy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reconcile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make peace; adjust |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, accustom, appease, arbitrate, arrange, assuage, attune, bring to terms, bring together, bury the hatchet, come together, compose, conciliate, conform, cool*, coordinate, fit, fix up, get together on, harmonize, integrate, intercede, kiss and make up, make matters up, make up, mediate, mitigate, pacify, patch things up, patch up, placate, propitiate, proportion, re-establish, reconciliate, rectify, regulate, resolve, restore harmony, reunite, settle, suit, tune, win over |
| Antonyms: | disagree, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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