team up, cooperate, steady, strengthen, bear, shepherd, tend, care for, reward, listen, center, calm, warm up, value, back, animate, divulge, collaborate, restore, improve, vitalize, cultivate, appreciate, assuage, augment, enrich, deepen, praise, care, trust, share, reciprocate, uncover, confide, buoy, root for, allay (fears), express (concern), keep (a secret/a promise), stick up for, lend an ear

weigh, wait, tone down, temper, step back, restrain oneself, exercise (restraint), assure, postpone, rephrase, relent, apologize, blunt, redress, allow, compliment, disarm, reassure, settle down, time, commiserate, spare, hear someone out, calm (down/oneself), curb (one's anger/reactivity), dial down/back, acknowledge (a different point of view), agree (with), hear (an opposing view), back off/down, tread (lightly), respect (differences), retract (an inflammatory statement), exercise restraint