softening (n.)
- abatement
- alleviation
- allowance
- altering
- analgesia
- analgesic
- anesthesia
- anesthetic
- anodyne
- appeasement
- assuagement
- attenuation
- attrition
- calming
- cathartic
- chastening
- cleansing
- color
- cushioning
- dampening
- deadening
- debilitation
- decontamination
- demulcent
- devitalization
- dilution
- diminution
- ease
- easement
- easing
- emollient
- enervation
- enfeeblement
- evisceration
- exhaustion
- extenuation
- fatigue
- gilding
- gloss
- hushing
- inanition
- laxation
- leniency
- lenitive
- lessening
- letdown
- letup
- lightening
- limiting
- loosening
- mellowing
- mitigation
- modulation
- mollification
- pacification
- padding
- palliation
- palliative
- purgative
- qualification
- qualifying
- reducing
- reduction
- relaxation
- relief
- remedy
- remission
- slackening
- tempering
- thinning
- varnish
- weakening
- whitewash
softening (adj.)
- alleviative
- altering
- analgesic
- anesthetic
- anodyne
- assuasive
- balmy
- balsamic
- bounding
- cathartic
- cleansing
- color
- deadening
- demulcent
- diminishing
- ease
- easing
- emollient
- extenuating
- lenitive
- lightening
- limiting
- mitigative
- mitigatory
- numbing
- palliative
- purgative
- qualifying
- quieting
- relaxing
- relieving
- remedial
- restricting
- restrictive
- salving
- soothing
- tempering
- weakening
Shade, unperceiv'd, so softening into shade.
