(N) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

• approbation

• assuage

• coalition

• decadence

to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm,; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

• approbation

• assuage

• coalition

• decadence

a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

• approbation

• assuage

• coalition

• decadence

decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

• approbation

• assuage

• coalition

• decadence

to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

• elicit

• expostulate

• hackneyed

• hiatus

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

• elicit

• expostulate

• hackneyed

• hiatus

a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

• elicit

• expostulate

• hackneyed

• hiatus

a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

• elicit

• expostulate

• innuendo

• intercede

to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

• jaded

• intercede

• hiatus

• hackneyed