To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
Alleviation; abatement; check.
To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
To inspire feelings of outrage in.
The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
An offensive, immoral or indecent act.