Word Meanings - ALLAYMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak.

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• COULD
  Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• GRIEFFUL
  Full of grief or sorrow. Sackvingle.
• GRIEFLESS
  Without grief. Huloet.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• GRIEF
  gravis heavy; akin to Gr. , Skr. guru, Goth. karus. Cf. Barometer, 1. Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.;
• ALLAY
  to, AS. alecgan; a- + lecgan to lay; but confused with old forms of allege, alloy, alegge. 1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.
• ALLAYMENT
  An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak.
• ALLAYER
  One who, or that which, allays.
• MITIGATION
  The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty. Syn. -- Alleviation;
• AGRIEF
  In grief; amiss. Chaucer.
• HEARTGRIEF
  Heartache; sorrow. Milton.