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Easing

noun

A change for the better. Synonyms: moderation, relief.

The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance). Synonyms: alleviation, easement, relief.

Ease

verb

(past & past part. eased; pres. part. easing)

Move gently or carefully.

Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate. Synonym: comfort.

Make easier. Synonyms: alleviate, facilitate.

Lessen the intensity of or calm. Synonyms: allay, relieve, still. "Still the fears"

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... the huntsman, and this little tale of eulogy from Larry went far towards easing my grief. I had ridden well to the hounds that day, and I ...

— The O'Conors of Castle Conor from Tales from all Countries • Anthony Trollope

... lack of experience, I suppose!" said Margaret, easing away from the subject. "I can't say anything when you take up that line, Mrs. Wilcox. I wish I could see myself as you see me—foreshortened into a backfisch. Quite the ingenue. Very charming—wonderfully well read for ...

— Howards End • E. M. Forster

... even jokes. Man's soul grows pachydermoid. But the children! Their sensitive brains exposed to every cruel breath. No philosophic doubt permitted to them. No learned disputation on the relationship between the literal and the allegorical for the easing of their frenzied fears. How many million tiny white-faced figures scattered over Christian Europe and America, stared out each night into a vision of black horror; how many million tiny hands clutched wildly at the bedclothes. The Society for ...

— All Roads Lead to Calvary • Jerome K. Jerome

... past my patience too!' muttered I, getting up; and, seizing the poker, I dashed it repeatedly into the cinders, and stirred them up with unwonted energy; thus easing my irritation under pretence ...

— Agnes Grey • Anne Bronte

... spots taking us to the natural focus, the white cow lying close to the tree. The rock in left corner having no influence in a leading line should be suppressed. The cattle now swing into the picture from both sides and one of them opposes the horizontal of her back to the vertical of the tree, thus easing the force ...

— Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures • Henry Rankin Poore

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