amollishment

Meaning

Noun

• Softening; mollification; appeasing; mitigation.

Origin

• From French amollissement, from amolliss- [extended stem of amollir, from a- {from Latin ad ("to")} + mollir, from French mou, or from Latin mollio ("to make soft, soften")] + -ment [from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta]; equivalent to English amollish (see Middle English amolisshen) + -ment.