[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make milder or less severe; alleviate ; ease ; mitigate :to assuage one's grief;to assuage one's pain.Synonyms: relieve , lessen , diminish , allay", "to appease ; satisfy ; sate :to assuage one's hunger.", "to soothe, calm, or mollify:to assuage his fears;to assuage her anger."]}]