To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.

To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.

Alleviation; abatement; check.

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.

lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"

To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.

satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"

Alloy.