it was the tenth amendment
The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution was included to address concerns that the powers not delegated to the federal government would be reserved to the states and the people. It aimed to protect the authority of the states by explicitly stating that any powers not given to the federal government are retained by the states or the people.
The TENTH Amendment - not, strictly speaking, a part of the Bill of Rights - was designed to mollify those who feared that the states would be destroyed by the new government. ~text book~
The sound of the piano began to mollify the crying baby.
She tried to mollify her angry coworker by listening calmly to his complaints and offering solutions to resolve the issue.
My spouse is mad at me. I've got to mollify her. Which way to the nearest florist?
The frightened child attempted to mollify his angry mother by giving her a big hug. (Pinsker) Max racked his brain for a way to mollify his dads anger.(scared)
dad and me in this photo
quiet, satisfy, mollify, pacify
To pacify.
"She was furious about the snowplows destruction of her mailbox, but when the city clerk told her they carried insurance for such incidents, and it would be replaced quickly at no charge, it did mollify her somewhat."
mollis means "soft" as in the English mollify
A homophone for the word "modify" is "mollify".
Antonyms: "placate" or "mollify". Synonyms: "enflame" or "infuriate".