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aegis
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protection; sponsorship; guidance
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amends
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something done to make up for a wrong, an injury, or mistake; compensation
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conciliatory
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peacemaking; appeasing; intended to overcome disgust
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conducive
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tending to cause or bring about; favorable to
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extricate
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to free from difficulty or entanglement
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importune
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to annoy with repeated and insistent requests; to ask for urgently or repeatedly
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mediate
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to help opposing sides reach an agreement
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mitigate
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to make less severe; to soften
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patronize
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a. to support or sponsor
b. to treat as inferior |
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renovate
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to restore something to an earlier condition
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