[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cushioning \cushioning\ n.
   soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or
   protect or add comfort.

   syn: padding.
        wordnet 1.5

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cushion \cush"ion\ koo^sh"u^n, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   cushioned -u^nd; p. pr.  vb. n. cushioning.
   1. to seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
      1913 webster

            many who are cushioned on thrones would have
            remained in obscurity.                --bolingbroke.
      1913 webster

   2. to furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.
      1913 webster

   3. to conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
      1913 webster

   cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. see under
      dead-stroke.
      1913 webster
see also:
cushioned cushioning cushioned hammer dead-stroke 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cushioning
     n : artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to
         fill or give shape or protect or add comfort syn: padding
see also:
padding 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 moby thesaurus words for "cushioning":
   abating, allaying, alleviating, assuaging, blunting, chastening,
   dampening, damping, deadening, diminishing, dulling, easing,
   laxation, lessening, mellowing, mitigating, mollification,
   mollifying, padding, reducing, relaxation, relaxing, softening,
   softening-up, subduing, tempering

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