Assuage – Relieve, ease; make milder or less severe
(Pronounced ah-swaje)
To remember the definition of the word assuage, use the following mnemonic:
As a wage (assuage) a lottery win of £75,000 a week will make things much, much easier for this lady.
Examples of assuage in a sentence
To help assuage my guilt, I told the truth.
Knowing that my grandfather pulled through heart surgery does assuage my nerves.
Warm soup does very little to assuage my sore throat.
