(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
(v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
(n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
(n.) Alloy.
(v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Example Sentences:
(1) A diagnostic approach and some management procedures that include eliminating all oral irritants, correcting predisposing systemic disease, and most important of all, allaying anxiety that induces parafunctional mouth habits.
(2) Although barium meal examination improves diagnostic confidence and allays patients' anxiety, fully utilising communication skills at the initial consultation might allay anxiety more economically.
(3) Truss will seek to allay parents' fears of their children being neglected by over-pressed staff, pointing out that the relaxation she proposes still leaves more restrictive ratios than Denmark, France and Germany – three countries often seen as providing high quality care for pre-school children.
(4) The findings suggest a need for public education about the vaccine, with particular emphasis directed at allaying fears about side effects.
(5) These feelings were allayed by counseling, but there was evidence of some residual unease.
(6) My regret at not eating these tasty snacks is soon allayed by Sara’s magical wilderness cooking skills: she somehow conjures up a three-course dinner from a few packets and a single burner.
(7) The results allayed concerns of a cruciate ligament injury but revealed damage to the lateral collateral ligament, which can result in a three-month lay-off.
(8) He requires patience, understanding, and repeated explanations to allay his apprehension and anxiety.
(9) Truss will seek to allay parents' fears of their children being neglected by overpressed staff, pointing out that the relaxation she proposes still leaves more restrictive ratios than Denmark, France and Germany – three countries often cited as providing high-quality care for pre-school children.
(10) Proper pharmacologic preparation of the patient will allay anxiety, increase comfort, and reduce the overall quantity of anesthetic needed.
(11) Experience has shown that simple information-giving alone does little to allay the panic in the general population and in hospital personnel.
(12) The first task of the new government was to allay those fears, to reassure the 27 that when Farage turned up at the European parliamen t after the referendum, like a drunk taunting an ex-wife at a cocktail party, he did not speak for Britain.
(13) However, the BBC has sought to allay criticism of its talent costs by publishing salary bands for the pay of top stars.
(14) This feeling allays anxiety and depressive affects, and the patient comes to experience the analyst as a soother.
(15) Help in coping with the fears and in allaying the anxiety of their husbands was most required in those with mild disease and those in whom it had progressed to become socially disabling, but without confining the patients to their homes.
(16) But Abbott has made it clear he will not stand aside, and is seeking to allay his colleague’s concerns and quell the dissent, including about the powerful role played by his chief of staff, Peta Credlin .
(17) Various mechanisms exist to at least partially allay the fears and anxiety of this period, generally through the use of a multidisciplinary approach.
(18) This trial also suggested that women's anxiety was actually increased during scans, and then allayed by positive feedback from the operator.
(19) The campaign, launched on Sunday , seeks to allay the misconception that the higher education contribution scheme (Hecs) is being abolished under changes yet to pass parliament, and says the federal government “will continue to pay around half your undergraduate degree”.
(20) The results suggest that in circumstances where parents are to be excluded from induction, adequate preoperative explanation and sedative premedication would contribute to allaying parental anxiety, but that a flexible policy may be most appropriate.
Conciliate
Definition:
(v. t.) To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Unite union, which represents petrol tanker drivers, said there was no threat of a strike over the Easter period and it was focused on talks through the conciliation service Acas.
(2) However, an amended version of the new contract for England’s 55,000 junior doctors has now finally been agreed, after 10 days of talks overseen by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).
(3) It has symbolic value, but its value is not confined to that.” More than 6,000 discrimination complaints have been successfully conciliated since 1975, when the Act commenced.
(4) Nothing should diminish the reality that Eritrean victims of that persecution deserve our solidarity, and need to be supported by all of us who believe that conciliation and concession to regimes such as exists in Eritrea will surely fail.
(5) This paper provides an overview of the rapidly growing area of divorce therapy and describes three models that are currently used by clinicians: psychotherapy only, divorce mediation, and conciliation court intervention.
(6) The conciliation service was called in after around 3,000 workers at oil and power plants across the UK staged unofficial strikes in support of workers at the Lindsey refinery at North Killingholme.
(7) As part of our long-term economic plan, we will sweep away burdensome red tape, get heavy handed regulators off firms’ backs and create a small business conciliation service to help resolve disputes.” It is estimated that small businesses are owed £32bn in late payments but are often unaware of their rights or are reluctant to take legal action, fearing they will lose future business.
(8) Andrew Cowler is a conciliator from Acas Include employees in decision-making : Levels of control over how and when work is done can have a huge impact on stress levels.
(9) Jones adds: "I am very pleased and relieved that it has been announced we are in discussions with Acas [the conciliation service].
(10) In-group and out-group members were predicted to differ in the judged efficacy of coercion and conciliation as social influence strategies, with coercion perceived as relatively more effective than conciliation by outgroup rather than ingroup members.
(11) To avoid escalation of the bottle war, conciliation is needed.
(12) In this context, a wise health secretary should suppress all macho urges to embark on negotiations in anything other than a spirit of caution and conciliation.
(13) Rafferty said the same offer had been on the table at recent talks at the conciliation service Acas, but that Ineos walked away and moved to impose "detrimental terms and conditions" on workers.
(14) Specific features of these sequences together with their particular location within the 30S subunit lead us to postulate a role for IF3, that conciliates topographical and functional observations made so far.
(15) The threat of a national fuel strike has receded after the Acas conciliation service confirmed that peace talks between tanker drivers and haulage companies will take place on Wednesday.
(16) Talks between the British Medical Association (BMA), Department of Health and NHS Employers will resume on Monday and continue until Wednesday, still overseen by the independent Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).
(17) • 14 October: Union leaders meet Ineos officials for talks chaired by the conciliation service Acas .
(18) With his deep understanding of "Muslim culture", the president could also foster conciliation and healing with Muslim communities in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
(19) By 24 months, relatively mature behaviour such as conciliation, teasing, reference to social rules and justification for prohibition were observed.
(20) Under our reforms, record numbers are bringing forward disputes in tribunals or through the Acas conciliation service.