The Only Use
assuage
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury.
p. 3.2assuaged = soothed
Definitions:
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(1)
(assuage) to soothe (make something less unpleasant or frightening)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)