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alleviation — alleviate ► VERB ▪ make (pain or difficulty) less severe. DERIVATIVES alleviation noun alleviator noun. ORIGIN Latin alleviare lighten … English terms dictionary
alleviation — (n.) early 15c., from M.Fr. aleviacion or directly from M.L. alleviationem (nom. alleviatio), noun of action from pp. stem of alleviare (see ALLEVIATE (Cf. alleviate)) … Etymology dictionary
alleviation — noun see alleviate … New Collegiate Dictionary
alleviation — noun /əˌliːviˈeɪʃən/ a) the act of alleviating; relief or mitigation b) the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement … Wiktionary
alleviation — noun 1. the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief • Syn: ↑relief, ↑assuagement • Derivationally related forms: ↑assuage (for: ↑assuagement), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
alleviation — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Freedom, especially from pain: assuagement, ease, mitigation, palliation, relief. See INCREASE … English dictionary for students
alleviation — /əliviˈeɪʃən/ (say uhleevee ayshuhn) noun 1. the act of alleviating. 2. something that alleviates …
alleviate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviare, from Latin ad + levis light more at light Date: 15th century relieve, lessen: as a. to make (as suffering) more bearable < her … New Collegiate Dictionary
alleviate — [ə li:vɪeɪt] verb make (pain or difficulty) less severe. Derivatives alleviation noun alleviative adjective alleviator noun Origin ME: from late L. alleviat , alleviare lighten , from L. allevare, from ad to + levare raise , influenced by levis… … English new terms dictionary
alleviate — ► VERB ▪ make (pain or difficulty) less severe. DERIVATIVES alleviation noun alleviator noun. ORIGIN Latin alleviare lighten … English terms dictionary
alleviator — alleviate ► VERB ▪ make (pain or difficulty) less severe. DERIVATIVES alleviation noun alleviator noun. ORIGIN Latin alleviare lighten … English terms dictionary