Calming

calming
    n 1: the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)
         [syn: {appeasement}, {calming}]
    

Calm \Calm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calmed} (k[aum]md); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Calming}.] [Cf. F. calmer. See {Calm}, n.]
   1. To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as,
      to calm the winds.
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            To calm the tempest raised by Eolus.  --Dryden.
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   2. To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or
      soothe, as the mind or passions.
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            Passions which seem somewhat calmed.  --Atterbury.

   Syn: To still; quiet; appease; allay; pacify; tranquilize;
        soothe; compose; assuage; check; restrain.
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calming \calming\ adj.
   1. tending to soothe or calm or tranquilize.

   Syn: ataractic, ataraxic, sedative, soothing, tranquilizing.
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   2. freeing from fear and anxiety.

   Syn: assuasive, pacifying, soothing.
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62 Moby Thesaurus words for "calming":
      United Nations troops, abatement, allayment, alleviation,
      appeasement, appeasing, assuagement, blunting, conciliation,
      cradling, damping, deadening, demulsion, detente, diminution,
      dreamy, drowsy, dulcification, dulling, easing,
      easing of relations, falling-off, gentling, hushing, leniency,
      lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lulling,
      mediation, mitigation, modulation, mollification, mollifying,
      pacification, pacifying, palliation, peace-keeping force,
      peacemaking, peacemongering, placability, placation, propitiation,
      quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relaxation of tension,
      remission, restful, rocking, slackening, softening, soothful,
      soothing, stilling, subduement, tempering, tranquilization,
      tranquilizing