| Main Entry: | easement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right of way |
Synonyms: |
access, legal right, means of access, passage |
| Main Entry: | balm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something soothing |
Synonyms: |
alleviation, anodyne, assuagement, comfort, consolation, curative, cure, easement, mitigation, palliative, refreshment, relief, remedy, restorative, solace, soother |
| Main Entry: | consolation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief, comfort |
Synonyms: |
alleviation, assuagement, cheer, comfort, compassion, ease, easement, encouragement, fellow feeling, help, lenity, pity, solace, succor, support, sympathy |
| Notes: | solace is a form of comfort given to one who is in sorrow or distress; consolation is an act of offering such comfort, or the result of such comfort having been provided |
Antonyms: |
agitation, annoyance, antagonism, discouragement, disturbance, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | encouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | help, support |
Synonyms: |
advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, consoling, easement, enlivening, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, inspiritment, invigoration, optimism, promotion, reassurance, reassuring, refreshment, relief, relieving, reward, shot in the arm, softening, solacing, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging |
Antonyms: |
denunciation, derision, deterrent, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | relief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remedy, aid; relaxation |
Synonyms: |
abatement, allayment, alleviation, amelioration, appeasement, assistance, assuagement, balm, break, breather, cheer, comfort, comforting, consolation, contentment, cure, deliverance, diversion, ease, easement, extrication, fix, hand, happiness, help, letup, lift, lightening, load off one's mind, maintenance, mitigation, mollification, palliative, quick fix, refreshment, release, remission, reprieve, respite, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, softening, solace, succor, support, sustenance |
Antonyms: |
damage, hurt, injury, pain |
| Main Entry: | detente |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passivity |
Synonyms: |
easement, pause, policy, precaution |
| Main Entry: | alleviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief |
Synonyms: |
abatement, assuagement, comfort, ease, easement, mitigation, palliation, palliative, remedy, salving |
| Main Entry: | assuagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief |
Synonyms: |
abatement, alleviation, appeasement, easement, mitigation, mollification, palliation |
| Main Entry: | palliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief |
Synonyms: |
abatement, allayment, alleviation, amelioration, appeasement, assistance, assuagement, balm, break*, breather, cheer, comfort, comforting, consolation, contentment, cure, deliverance, diversion, ease, easement, extrication, fix*, hand, happiness, help, letup, lift, lightening, load off one's mind, maintenance, mitigation, mollification, palliative, quick fix, refreshment, release, remission, reprieve, respite, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, softening, solace, succor, support, sustenance |
| Main Entry: | alleviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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