N. moderation,
lenity, temperateness, gentleness,
sobriety, quiet, mental calmness, moderating,
anaphrodisia,
relaxation, remission,
mitigation,
tranquilization,
assuagement, contemporation,
pacification, measure, juste milieu, golden mean, ἄριστον μέτρον,
moderator,
lullaby,
sedative,
lenitive,
demulcent,
antispasmodic,
carminative,
laudanum,
rose water,
balm,
poppy,
opiate,
anodyne, milk, opium, "poppy or mandragora", wet blanket,
palliative V. be -moderate, keep within bounds, keep within compass, sober down, settle down, keep the peace,
remit, relent, take in sail, moderate,
soften,
mitigate, temper, accoy|,
attemper,
contemper,
mollify,
lenify,
dulcify, dull, take off the edge,
blunt,
obtund,
sheathe,
subdue,
chasten, sober down, tone down, smooth down,
weaken,
lessen, check palliate,
tranquilize,
pacify,
assuage,
appease,
swag,
lull,
soothe,
compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet,
hush,
quell,
sober,
pacify,
tame, damp, lay,
allay,
rebate,
slacken, smooth,
alleviate, rock to sleep,
deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off,
slake,
curb,
tame, smooth over, pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters, pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin, go out like a lamb, "roar you as gently as any sucking dove,"
Adj. moderate,
lenient, gentle, mild,
mellow, cool,
sober, temperate, reasonable, measured, tempered, calm,
unruffled, quiet,
tranquil, still, slow, smooth, untroubled,
tame, peaceful, peaceable, pacific,
halcyon, unexciting,
unirritating, soft,
bland,
oily,
demulcent,
lenitive,
anodyne,
hypnotic,
sedative,
antiorgastic,
anaphrodisiac, mild as mother's milk, milk and water
Adv. moderately,
gingerly,
piano, under easy sail, at half speed, within bounds, within compass, in reason
Phr. est modue in rebus, pour oil on troubled waters, 4, indirect power
N. lenity,
lenience,
leniency,
moderation,
tolerance,
toleration, mildness, gentleness, favor,
indulgence,
indulgency,
clemency, mercy,
forbearance, quarter,
compassion V. be -lenient,
tolerate, bear with, parcere subjectis, give quarter,
indulge, allow one to have his own way,
spoil Adj. lenient, mild, mild as milk, gentle, soft,
tolerant,
indulgent,
easy-going, clement,
forbearing,
long-suffering Pity Roget’s Thesaurus §914 N. pity,
compassion,
commiseration,
bowels, of compassion, sympathy,
fellow-feeling, tenderness,
yearning,
forbearance, humanity, mercy,
clemency,
leniency, charity,
ruth, long- suffering, melting mood, argumentum ad misericordiam, quarter, grace, locus paenitentiae,
sympathizer, advocate, friend,
partisan, patron,
wellwisher V. pity, have pity, show pity, take pity,
commiserate,
compassionate,
condole,
sympathize, feel for, be sorry for, yearn for,
weep,
melt,
thaw, enter into the feelings of,
forbear, relent,
relax, give quarter, wipe the tears, parcere subjectis, give a coup de grace, put out of one's misery, raise pity, excite pity, touch,
soften,
melt, melt the heart,
propitiate, disarm, ask for mercy,
supplicate, cry for quarter, beg one's life,
kneel,
deprecate Adj. pitying,
pitiful,
compassionate,
sympathetic, touched,
merciful, clement,
ruthful,
humane,
humanitarian, tender, tender hearted, tender as a chicken, soft, soft hearted,
unhardened,
lenient,
exorable,
forbearing, melting, weak
Phr. one's heart bleeding for, haud ignara mali miseris succurrere disco, "a fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind" onor di bocca assai giova e poco costa
Int. for pity's sake, mercy, have mercy, cry you mercy, god help you, poor thing, poor dear, poor fellow, woe betide, "quis talia fando temperet a lachrymiss!"
