alleviation
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al·le·vi·ate
(ə-lē′vē-āt′)tr.v. al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates
1. To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve.
2. To lessen or reduce: alleviate unemployment.
[Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin alleviāre, alleviāt-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.]
al·le′vi·a′tion n.
al·le′vi·a′tor n.
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Noun | 1. | alleviation - the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" comfort - a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment |
2. | alleviation - the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" spasmolysis - the relaxation or relief of muscle spasms detente - the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations) palliation - easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause decompressing, decompression - relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) |
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alleviation
noun easing, relief, reduction, dulling, lessening, lightening, quelling, moderation, slackening, quenching, mitigation, diminution, slaking, palliation They focussed on the alleviation of the refugees' misery.
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alleviation
nounFreedom, especially from pain:
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Translations
تَخْفيف، تَسْكِين
úlevazmírnění
lettelselindring
enyhítés
léttir, linun
dinmehafifleme
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
alleviation
[əˌliːviˈeɪʃən] n [pain, suffering] → soulagement m; [symptoms] → atténuation f; [poverty] → réduction fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
alleviation
n → Linderung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
alleviate
(əˈliːvieit) verb to make an improvement by lessening (pain etc). The drugs will alleviate the pain.
alˌleviˈation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.