Main entry: relieve, palliate, assuage, alleviate
Definition: provide physical relief, as from pain
Usage: This pill will relieve your headaches
Main entry: allay, assuage, slake, quench
Definition: satisfy (thirst)
Usage: The cold water quenched his thirst
Main entry: placate, gruntle, gentle, lenify, pacify, mollify, conciliate, appease, assuage
Definition: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
Usage: She managed to mollify the angry customer