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aegis |
n. sponsorship; protection |
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amends |
n. compensation given as satisfaction for insult, loss, or injury; to make up to someone for an insult or injury |
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conciliatory |
adj. tending to win over or soothe; attempting to overcome distrust or anger |
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conducive |
adj. tending to cause, promote, or help bring about; helpful, favorable |
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extricate |
v. to free or release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage
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foster |
v. to promote the development or growth of, cultivate; to bring up; rear adj. receiving or giving parental care although not related through legal or blood ties |
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importune |
v. to press with repeated and insistent requests; beg urgently |
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mediate |
v. to help opposing sides in a dispute come to an agreement by hiring heir arguments and proposing a compromise; to settle by intervening this way |
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mitigate |
v. to make less sever or intense; moderate |
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rectify |
v. to set right; remedy; to correct by calculation or adjustment |
