to calm or pacify; to comfort; to make someone feel stable or at ease

inside; within; inner; internal; specifically refers to the interior or domestic domain as opposed to the exterior or foreign domain; often used in spatial or temporal contexts

(literary) to reject; to resist or repel outside forces, as in the phrase 安内攘外 ān​nèi​rǎng​wài

foreign; external; referring to countries other than one's own