ableismEnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryss='word-cluster'>check, choke (back), collect, compose, contain, curb, pocket, rein, repress, restrain, smother, stifle, strangle, subdue, suppress, swallowmoderate, temper, tone (down)ease, let up, relaxcalm, cool, hush, quell, quiet, settle, still