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assuage

/əˈsweɪdʒ/C2

緩和 / 撫平 / 減輕 (v.)

書面及正式口語詞，常用於 `assuage fears/anger/guilt`（安撫恐懼/平息怒火/減輕愧疚）。這裡指平息海蛇大人的怨氣。

The breach between your houses has not narrowed since I last spoke of it.

It would do much to assuage Lord Corlys of any slights real... or imagined.

We must pray, of course, that Laenor survives the fighting in the Stepstones.