Assuagement (Noun)
Meaning
The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief".
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- The announcement of the rainstorm's downgrade from a hurricane to a tropical storm brought a sense of assuagement to the evacuees.
- As the doctor gave her a clean bill of health, she felt a wave of assuagement wash over her, calming her frazzled nerves.
- The news that the layoff was cancelled brought a collective sigh of assuagement from the employees who had been worried about their jobs.
- After months of struggling to make ends meet, the tax refund brought a welcome assuagement to the family's financial woes.
- The sound of the fire alarm being silenced brought a palpable assuagement to the students who had been evacuated from the building.