Meaning of assuage: to make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
Examples:
1. To assuage his wife’s grief, he took her on a tour of Europe.
2. Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
3. The government has tried to assuage the public’s fears.
4. The medicine is used to assuage pain.
5. Nothing could assuage his guilt.
6. Warm soup does very little to assuage my sore throat.
7. Having friends by my side will assuage the worries of becoming a parent.
8. Aspirin will assuage your headache.
9. He tried to assuage the guilt of wrongdoing by doing right.
10. He was able to assuage the bad feelings.