3
mitigation(noun, support, break, help, fix)
3
palliation(noun, relief)
3
remission(noun, support, break, help, fix)
3
shining(verb, brightening)
3
softening(noun, verb, adjective, support, break)
2
abatement(noun, support, break, help, fix)
2
allaying(verb, adjective, soothing, cheering, encouraging)
2
allayment(noun, support, help, release, happiness)
2
assuaging(verb, adjective, soothing, cheering, encouraging)
2
comforting(noun, adjective, support, break, help)
2
consoling(verb, adjective, soothing, cheering, encouraging)
2
dwindling(verb, adjective, declining, shrinking, lowering)
2
encouraging(verb, adjective, soothing, cheering, uplifting)
2
intensifying(verb, brightening)
2
irradiating
2
letup(noun, support, break, help, fix)
2
lighten
2
lighting
2
mitigating(adjective, soothing, cheering, encouraging, uplifting)
2
mollification(noun, support, break, help, fix)
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