#95 assuage

assuage- to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain); to give relief to (thirst, appetite); satisfy; to pacify, calm

- from old French C14 assouagier, from Latin suavis- pleasant

This is to assuage our conscience, darling" she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor. They don't need charity; they need justice. ~Isabel Allende

I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage. ~Arthur Schopenhauer

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