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Alleviate

Alleviate Meaning & Definition
Alleviate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Alleviate?

[v] provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
[v] make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Alleviate: assuage | ease | facilitate | palliate | relieve

Related Terms | Find terms related to Alleviate: abate | allay | anesthetize | appease | assuage | attemper | attenuate | bank the fire | bate | be light | benumb | blunt | chasten | constrain | control | cure | cushion | damp | dampen | deaden | deaden the pain | de-emphasize | dilute | diminish | disburden | disencumber | downplay | dull | ease | ease matters | extenuate | foment | give relief | have little weight | keep within bounds | kick the beam | lay | lenify | lessen | lighten | lull | make light | make lighter | mitigate | moderate | modulate | mollify | numb | obtund | off-load | pad | palliate | play down | poultice | pour balm into | pour oil on | reduce | reduce the temperature | reduce weight | relieve | remedy | remit | restrain | salve | slacken | slake | slow down | smother | sober | sober down | soften | soothe | stifle | stupe | subdue | suppress | tame | temper | tone down | tune down | unballast | unburden | underplay | unlade | unload | water down | weaken | weigh lightly

See Also | aid | ameliorate | amend | assist | better | comfort | ease | help | improve | meliorate | soothe

Alleviate In Webster's Dictionary

\Al*le"vi*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleviating}.] [LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See {Alegge}, {Levity}.] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense. --Evelyn. Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds]. --Ray. 2. To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc.; -- opposed to {aggravate}. The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. --Bp. Horsley. 3. To extenuate; to palliate. [R.] He alleviates his fault by an excuse. --Johnson. Syn: To lessen; diminish; soften; mitigate; assuage; abate; relieve; nullify; allay. Usage: To {Alleviate}, {Mitigate}, {Assuage}, {Allay}. These words have in common the idea of relief from some painful state; and being all figurative, they differ in their application, according to the image under which this idea is presented. Alleviate supposes a load which is lightened or taken off; as, to alleviate one's cares. Mitigate supposes something fierce which is made mild; as, to mitigate one's anguish. Assuage supposes something violent which is quieted; as, to assuage one's sorrow. Allay supposes something previously excited, but now brought down; as, to allay one's suffering or one's thirst. To alleviate the distresses of life; to mitigate the fierceness of passion or the violence of grief; to assuage angry feeling; to allay wounded sensibility.

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