Noun - The action of subduing or allaying something
Frequency: 1
Here are all of the speeches where allayment shows up across the corpus:
Why
tell
you
me
of
moderation
?
The
grief
is
fine
,
full
,
perfect
that
I
taste
,
And
violenteth
in
a
sense
as
strong
As
that
which
causeth
it
.
How
can
I
moderate
it
?
If
I
could
temporize
with
my
affection
Or
brew
it
to
a
weak
and
colder
palate
,
The
like
allayment
could
I
give
my
grief
.
My
love
admits
no
qualifying
dross
;
No
more
my
grief
in
such
a
precious
loss
.