alleviation

[uh-lee-vee-ey-shuh n]

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noun

the act of alleviating.
something that alleviates or palliates.

Origin of alleviation

1615–25; < Medieval Latin alleviātiōn- (stem of alleviātiō), equivalent to alleviāt(us) (see alleviate) + -iōn- -ion

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Related Words for alleviation

mitigation, assuagement, easement, ease, comfort, abatement, remedy, palliation, palliative

Examples from the Web for alleviation

Historical Examples of alleviation

But such an alleviation of my anguish is forbidden to my reason.
Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Let me suffer, and let me have what alleviation belongs to my condition.
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
When she had gone they were conscious of an alleviation, and of the great beauty of the evening.
Howards End
E. M. Forster
But the defeat and death of Mansfeld brought no alleviation.
German Culture Past and Present
Ernest Belfort Bax
Her visits to the Schulenberg tenement were always an alleviation to her unhappiness.
The Faith Doctor
Edward Eggleston

Word Origin and History for alleviation

early 15c., from Middle French aleviacion or directly from Medieval Latin alleviationem (nominative alleviatio), noun of action from past participle stem of alleviare (see alleviate).