English-French translations for allay

• adoucir
• apaiser
  Ce stratagème vise à apaiser l’opinion publique.It is a ploy aimed at allaying public opinion.
  Il faut trouver une solution, au moins pour apaiser les inquiétudes du peuple grec. A way has to be found of at least allaying the concerns of the Greek people.
  De plus, je crains ne pas pouvoir apaiser la désillusion ou la déception. I fear, moreover, that I cannot totally allay the disillusionment or disappointment.
• émousser
• engourdir
• pacifier
• soulager
  Les actes symboliques peuvent être utiles, bien sûr, mais en eux-mêmes ils ne servent qu'à soulager nos consciences. Symbolic acts are all very well, of course, but by themselves they serve only to allay our consciences.

Definition of allay

• To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm
• To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate
• To subside, abate, become peaceful
• To mix ; to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate
• Alleviation; abatement; check

Examples

• to allay popular excitement
• to allay the tumult of the passions
• to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity

Related words

• allative
• ballad
• gallantry
• fallacy
• fallacious
• ballast
• installation
• palladium
• gallant
• mallard