ASSUAGEMENT

relief, alleviation, assuagement

(noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; “as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

assuagement (countable and uncountable, plural assuagements)

The action of assuaging; appeasement.

The condition of being assuaged.

An assuaging medicine or application.

Synonyms

• (action of assuaging): alleviation

• (condition of being assuaged): relief, respite

Source: Wiktionary


As*suage"ment, n. Etym: [OF. assouagement, asuagement.]

Definition: Mitigation; abatement.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 December 2024

ALIENATED

(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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