the act of lessening (pain, grief, distress, etc.); assuagement; a pacifying; a mitigating.

an overcoming; a keeping (someone or something) under control; subjugation.

a tranquilising, pacifying.

the act or process of curing, healing or being cured, healed, etc.

the act or an instance of averting, avoiding or preventing something (esp. an evil) from happening.

a destroying or demolishing.

a giving of a gift, bestowing of something to a deserving person.

a protecting, being protected or an instance of this; protection.