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abate; attemper; temper; bate; mitigate (жар, пыл); modify; de-escalate; defuse; ballast; slake; alloy (Ista); tamp down (Ремедиос_П); extenuate; qualify; restrain; dampen (пыл); humanize; trample; soften; damp down (to reduce, make less strong • He was trying to damp down their enthusiasm); damp (пыл); palliate; confine; contemper; correct (горький, кислый вкус); restrict; stent; stint; bridle (The romanticism in Savarkar’s poetry was properly bridled by a sense of realism, a love of service and sacrifice, and a goal of universalism. Abysslooker)