About The Word Alleviation
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Alleviation Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Alleviation?
[n] the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
[n] the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" Synonyms | Synonyms for Alleviation: assuagement | easement | easing | relief | relief Related Terms | Find terms related to Alleviation: abatement | abridgment | allayment | analgesia | anesthesia | anesthetizing | appeasement | assuagement | attenuation | blunting | calming | contraction | dampening | damping | deadening | decrease | decrement | decrescence | deduction | deflation | demulsion | depreciation | depression | diminishment | diminution | disburdening | disencumberment | dulcification | dulling | dying | dying off | ease | easement | easing | extenuation | fade-out | falling-off | hushing | languishment | leniency | lessening | letdown | letup | lightening | loosening | lowering | lulling | miniaturization | mitigation | modulation | mollification | numbing | pacification | palliation | quietening | quieting | reduction | relaxation | relief | remedy | remission | sagging | salving | scaling down | simplicity | slackening | softening | soothing | subduement | subtraction | tempering | tranquilization | unballasting | unburdening | unfreighting | unlading | unloading | unsaddling | untaxing | weakening See Also | comfort | decrease | detente | diminution | liberalisation | liberalization | palliation | reduction | relaxation | spasmolysis | step-down Alleviation In Webster's Dictionary \Al*le`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. alleviatio.]
1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or
severity; mitigation; relief.
2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.
I have not wanted such alleviations of life as
friendship could supply. --Johnson.
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