Alleviation, relief; comforting, cheering.

Cessation, intermission, rest. †a leoð gān (early Middle English): to make peace.

Relief or support in mental distress or affliction; consolation, solace, soothing. (In later use sometimes expressing little more than the…

That which gives comfort or consolation, †brings pleasure or enjoyment, etc.

Comfort, consolation; alleviation of sorrow, distress, or discomfort.

A calm, lull; figurative respite.

The action of comfort, v., in various senses: Consolation; †strengthening, †encouragement, etc.

The action of allege, v.2; alleviation, mitigation (of something). Also: remission of sins.

Assuagement, alleviation, relief.

Comfort, relief.

Deliverance or liberation from trouble, pain, sorrow, or the like; an instance of this.

The action of consoling, cheering, or comforting; the state of being consoled; alleviation of sorrow or mental distress.

Alleviation; mitigation. Cf. allegeance, n.1

Alleviation of or deliverance from distress, anxiety, or some other emotional burden; the feeling accompanying this; mental relaxation, release, or…

Comforting; comfort, delight.

Alleviation, relief.

The action of allege, v.2; alleviation, mitigation. Also: an instance of this. Cf. allegeance, n.1

The action of alleviating something; relief, mitigation. Also: an instance of this.

Mental or spiritual comfort or consolation; a comfort, a consolation. Obsolete.

The action or process of cooling or refreshing something. Also: comfort, consolation.

Relief from pain or sorrow; an instance of this. Also: the fact or an instance of being cheered or comforted.

Comfort, consolation. Also: good cheer; diversion, amusement.

Probably: a soothing remedy. Obsolete.

Encouragement; comfort, consolation.

Recreation, refreshment.

= alleviation, n. Also: an instance of this.

The process or means of giving or obtaining relief from anything considered troublesome or unpleasant. Relief from or alleviation of pain…

Solace.

Relief or mitigation of pain or discomfort; release from an annoyance. Const. from, of.

That which brings joy, gladness, or comfort; solace; encouragement. Formerly also as a count noun: †a person who or thing which brings joy…

The action of assuaging; the condition of being assuaged; mitigation, alleviation, relief, abatement.

The action of refresh, v. (in various senses) or an instance of this; refreshment given or received.

The action of ease, v. Mostly gerundial. Also †easing-chair, a nightstool.

an act of consolation.

Consolation, comfort.

= assuagement, n.

Editorial misreading of allegement, n.1 (see quot. 1592 at allegement, n.1).

Pacification; alleviation, palliation.

The action or result of allaying something (in various senses of allay, v.1); esp. subduing, assuaging, moderation. Also: an instance of this.

Relief.

(See quot. 1656) Obsolete.

Solace, solacing, consolation.

Consolation.

Solace, relief. Also concrete: something which gives this.

Consoling, consolation.

A reduction of anxiety; a relaxation.

tea and sympathy: consolation offered to a distressed person. Also attributive.