verb
- Give moral or emotional strength to.
- Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate.
- usage: "ease the pain in your legs"
adjective
- Providing freedom from worry.
- synonyms: cheering, satisfying
- Affording comfort or solace.
- synonyms: consolatory, consoling
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