noun
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the act of calming, tranquilising or soothing; tranquilisation; pacification.
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the act of preventing, warding off; prevention.
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the act of alleviating, mitigating (suffering, misery, etc.).
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the act of destroying; destruction.
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an offering of an animal as an oblation in a sacrifice.
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Yama, the God of Death and Righteousness.