"amollishment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: amolishment [alternative], amolishments [alternative]
Etymology: From French amollissement, from amolliss- [extended stem of amollir (“to soften”, verb), from a- {from Latin ad (“to”)} + mollir, from French mou, or from Latin mollīre (“to make soft, soften”)] + -ment (suffix forming nouns from verbs) [from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta]; equivalent to English amollish (see Middle English amolisshen) + -ment. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|amollissement}} French amollissement, {{der|en|la|ad||to}} Latin ad (“to”), {{der|en|fr|mou}} French mou, {{der|en|la|mollio|mollīre|to make soft, soften}} Latin mollīre (“to make soft, soften”), {{der|en|LL.|-mentum}} Late Latin -mentum, {{der|en|la|-menta}} Latin -menta Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} amollishment (plural not attested)
  1. (rare) Softening; mollification; appeasing; mitigation. Tags: no-plural, rare
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