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1
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Aegis

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Protection; sponsorship; guidance

2
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Amends

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Something done to make up for a wrong, an injury, or a mistake; compensation

3
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Conciliatory

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Peacemaking; appeasing; intended to overcome distrust, animosity, or conflict

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Conducive

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Tending to cause or bring about; favorable to

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Extricate

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To free from difficulty or entanglement

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Importune

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To annoy with repeated and insistent requests; to ask for urgently or repeatedly.

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Mediate

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To help opposing sides reach an agreement; to intervene in a conflict in order to improve the situation

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Mitigate

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To make less severe; to soften, lessen, or moderate

9
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Patronize

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To support or sponsor
To go as a customer; to shop at regularly
To treat as inferior

10
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Renovate

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To restore something to an earlier condition, by repairing or remodeling