• ___ along (ambles)
• ___ up (doesn't blitz as much)
• ___ up (relaxes)
• Abates
• Abates a bit
• Allays
• Alleviates
• Ameliorates
• Applies less pressure (with up)
• Assuages
• Backs off
• Backs off (with up)
• Becomes less jammed, as traffic
• Comforts
• Creates detente
• Cuts a little slack
• Decreases, as pain
• Disburdens
• Doesn't force
• Dulls, as pain
• Facilitates
• Frees from pressure
• Goes effortlessly
• Greases the wheels for, say
• Lessens
• Lessens a load
• Lessens the discomfort of
• Lessens, as a load
• Lessens, as pain
• Lets (up)
• Lets out, like a jibsheet
• Lets out, like a mainsheet
• Lets up on
• Lightens
• Lightens the load
• Lightens up
• Lightens, as a burden
• Loosens up
• Lulls
• Makes bearable
• Makes less burdensome
• Makes less difficult
• Makes less harsh
• Makes less severe
• Makes less taut
• Makes lighter
• Makes more bearable
• Makes simpler
• Makes tolerable
• Mitigates
• Mitigates, as pain
• Moderates
• Mollifies
• Moves carefully
• Moves gently
• Moves gingerly
• Moves relaxedly
• Moves slowly and carefully
• Palliates
• Reduces
• Reduces, as pressure
• Relaxes
• Relaxes, as pressure
• Relents
• Relieves
• Relieves pressure
• Relieves, as pain
• Relieves, as pressure
• Removes an obstruction
• Removes obstacles
• Reposes
• See as to comforts
• Simplifies
• Slackens
• Slackens off
• Slips
• Smoothes the way
• Smoothes, as the way
• Smooths
• Smooths the path
• Softens
• Softens the blow
• Strolls, as on down the road to Emerald City
• Tactfully removes from a job, with out
• Tailors' allowances
• Tempers
• Uncomplicates
• Unwinds