Related Clues:

• Sub for
• Ease, as anxieties
• Take the place of
• Substitute for, as a pitcher
• Take the edge off
• Put to rest, as fears
• Quell
• Allay
• Substitute for
• Ease, as fears
• Reduce, as fears
• Let up on
• Lessen, as fears
• Soothe, as fears
• Lighten a burden or raise a seige