(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden.

abatement abating allaying allayment alleviating alleviation alleviative analgesia analgesic anesthesia anesthetic anesthetizing anodyne appeasement assuagement assuaging assuasive attenuation attrition balmy balsamic benumbing blunting calming cathartic chastening cleansing cushioning dampening damping debilitation demulcent demulsion devitalization dilution diminishing diminishment diminution dulcification dulling ease easement easing effemination emollient enervation enfeeblement evisceration exhaustion extenuation falling-off fatigue hushing inanition languishment leniency lenitive lessening letdown letup lightening loosening lulling mitigating mitigation mitigative modulation mollification narcotic numbing pacification pain-killing palliation palliative purgative quietening quieting reducing reduction relaxation relaxing relief relieving remedial remedy remission salving slackening softening soothing stunning stupefying subduement subduing tempering thinning tranquilization weakening