moderating

adjectives

lessening in intensity or strength
moderating
antonym
intensifying
is similar to
moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative
is similar to
capable of relieving pain
"the anodyne properties of certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect"
analgesic, analgetic, anodyne
is similar to
moderating by making more temperate
tempering
is similar to
moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
weakening