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chasten, moderate, temper

v. restrain

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relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

mitigate

v. make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"

inure, harden, indurate

v. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"

acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate

v. get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt"

adjust, adapt, get accustomed

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

temper, season, mollify

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

toughen

v. make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"

lower, lour

v. set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"

turn down

v. take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

pacify

v. fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"

humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase

v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

control, curb, moderate, restrain, contain, hold in

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

straiten

v. squeeze together

soothe

v. cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

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