assuaging

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noun

The act of one who assuages.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of assuage
nounassuaging (plural assuagings)

plural assuagings

  1. The act of one who assuages.

    In our sorrow at the loss of friends, if we shun direct and proffered consolations, we love the assuagings which another's pity administers to us in the gentle tones, mild manners, kind looks, and nameless little notices […]

    1822, Richard Henry Dana, William Cullen Bryant, The Idle Man, volume 1, numbers 1-4, page 3
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APA

assuaging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assuaging

MLA

“assuaging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assuaging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assuaging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assuaging.

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