Verb

• S: (v) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of) "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
• S: (v) temper, season, mollify, moderate (make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else) "she tempered her criticism"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) weaken (lessen the strength of) "The fever weakened his body"
• S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) mollify (make less rigid or softer)