alleviation
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- relief: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"
- easing: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
- (alleviate) relieve: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
- (alleviate) facilitate: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
- (alleviatory) alleviative: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
- (alleviate) To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty
- (alleviated) Made more bearable
- (Alleviate) says Johnson, is to "make light, to ease, to soften." True; but what is its appropriate sense? to what objects does it apply? a ship is made light by unloading, and a guinea is made light by clipping; but neither of them is alleviated. ...
- (Alleviate) means to lessen or to lighten, The act of compassion goes further, it seeks not to alleviate but to set free or to liberate which is a more closely related term for relieve.
- (alleviate) To make something easier or to relieve something.