Passify vs. Mollify

Passifyverb

(rare) To make or become passive.

Mollifyverb

To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.

Mollifyverb

To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.

Mollifyverb

To soften; to make tender

Mollifyverb

To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

Mollifyverb

To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.

Mollifyverb

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

Mollifyverb

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate;

Mollifyverb

make less rigid or softer

Mollifyverb

appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)

Mollifyverb

reduce the severity of (something)