alleviated,ppl.a.|əˈliːvɪeɪtɪd| [f.prec. + -ed.] Lightened, mitigated. 1792Cowper Lett. 25 Nov. Wks. 1876, 405 My melancholy seemed a little alleviated for a few days.1882Beecher Chr. World Pulpit 13 Nov. 6 My father's public teaching may be called alleviated Calvinism.