2
deliverance(noun, support, break, help, fix)
2
ebbing(verb, adjective, declining, shrinking, lowering)
2
enfeebling(verb, enfeebling)
2
exhaustion
2
inanition
2
lenitive
2
letup(noun, support, break, help, fix)
2
lightening(noun, adjective, support, break, help)
2
loosening
2
lullaby(noun, relief)
2
pacification(soothing, conciliation, accession, appeasement, mollification)
2
quelling(verb, soothing, moderation, pacification, accession)
2
rapprochement(noun, restoration, soothing, pacification, appeasement)
2
refreshment(noun, support, break, help, fix)
2
relaxation
2
remedy(noun, support, break, help, release)
2
restraining(verb, moderating)
2
restricting
2
sweetening
2
tranquilization(soothing, moderation, pacification, conciliation, accession)
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