allay
verb
°To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
"to allay popular excitement"
°To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
"to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity"
synonyms: alleviate, check, repress, assuage more» , appease, abate, subdue, destroy, compose, soothe, calm, quiet