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alleviation

noun
/əˌliːviˈeɪʃən/

Etymology

From alleviate + -ion.

  1. borrowed from alleviatus
  2. formed as alleviation — “alleviate + -ion”

Definitions

  1. The act of alleviating

    The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.

    • The only light is from a high barred window, and it is not so much light as an alleviation of the murk.

  2. the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant

    the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for alleviation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA