5
tempering(verb, adjective)
4
defusing(verb, pacifying)
4
ebbing(verb, adjective, declining, shrinking, lowering)
4
lulling(noun, verb, pacifying)
4
mollifying(verb, adjective, pacifying)
4
pacifying(verb, pacifying)
4
placating(verb, pacifying)
4
quelling(verb, pacifying)
4
smoothing(verb, pacifying)
4
subduing
3
alleviative
3
alleviatory
3
anodyne
3
budgeting(verb, economizing)
3
conserving(verb, economizing)
3
economizing(verb, economizing)
3
hushing(verb, pacifying)
3
lenitive
3
reconciling(verb, pacifying)
3
relaxing
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