allayed

verb

1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.“to allay popular excitement”
2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.“to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity”
3. To subside, abate, become peaceful.
4. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.