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

a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

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

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

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

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

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

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