soften, mitigate, make easier; civilize, tame, enfeeble; soft (cushion/grass); flexible/supple/loose/pliant; mild/tolerable; easy; calm; weak; cowardly; unmanly; effeminate; womanish; pathic; tender (women/youths); conciliatory/peaceful; complaisant; kindly; impressionable/sensitive; feeble; tender, gentle; smooth, relaxing; languid (movement); amorous (writings);