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Softening
Sof´ten`ing
a. & n.
1.
a
. &
n
.
from
Soften
,
v
.
Softening of the brain
(Med.)
a
localized
softening
of
the
brain
substance
,
due
to
hemorrhage
or
inflammation
.
Three
varieties
,
distinguished
by
their
color
and
representing
different
stages
of
the
morbid
process
,
are
known
respectively
as
red
,
yellow
,
and
white
,
softening
.
Noun
1.
softening
-
the
process
of
becoming
softer
; "
refrigeration
delayed
the
softening
of
the
fruit
"; "
he
observed
the
softening
of
iron
by
heat
"
Adj.
1.
softening
-
having
a
softening
or
soothing
effect
especially
to
the
skin
Synonyms:
demulcent
,
emollient
,
salving
abatement
,
abating
,
allaying
,
allayment
,
alleviating
,
alleviation
,
alleviative
,
allowance
,
altering
,
analgesia
,
analgesic
,
anesthesia
,
anesthetic
,
anesthetizing
,
anodyne
,
appeasement
,
assuagement
,
assuaging
,
assuasive
,
attenuation
,
attrition
,
balmy
,
balsamic
,
benumbing
,
blunting
,
bounding
,
calming
,
cathartic
,
chastening
,
cleansing
,
color
,
cushioning
,
dampening
,
damping
,
deadening
,
debilitation
,
decontamination
,
demulcent
,
demulsion
,
devitalization
,
dilution
,
diminishing
,
diminishment
,
diminution
,
dulcification
,
dulling
,
ease
,
easement
,
easing
,
effemination
,
emollient
,
enervation
,
enfeeblement
,
evisceration
,
exhaustion
,
extenuating
,
extenuating
circumstances
,
extenuation
,
extenuative
,
extenuatory
,
falling-off
,
fatigue
,
gilding
,
gloss
,
hushing
,
inanition
,
languishment
,
laxation
,
leniency
,
lenitive
,
lessening
,
letdown
,
letup
,
lightening
,
limitative
,
limiting
,
loosening
,
lulling
,
mellowing
,
mitigating
,
mitigation
,
mitigative
,
mitigatory
,
modificatory
,
modifying
,
modulation
,
modulatory
,
mollification
,
mollifying
,
numbing
,
pacification
,
padding
,
pain-killing
,
palliation
,
palliative
,
purgative
,
qualification
,
qualificative
,
qualificatory
,
qualifying
,
quietening
,
quieting
,
reducing
,
reduction
,
relaxation
,
relaxing
,
relief
,
relieving
,
remedial
,
remedy
,
remission
,
restricting
,
restrictive
,
salving
,
slackening
,
softening-up
,
soothing
,
subduement
,
subduing
,
tempering
,
thinning
,
tranquilization
,
varnish
,
weakening
,
whitewash
,
whitewashing
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