Means: To give relief.
My use: Having a foot bath is an assuagement for sore feet.
Literary:
Do you find amusment,
to take your cares away,
then it is an assuagement,
and makes better your day
~ E. Carruthers
Memory trick:
ass . uage . ment
ass reminds of assist
uage sounds like away
assist away
n. [OF. assouagement, asuagement.] Mitigation; abatement.
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