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[ uh-lee-vee-ey-shuhn ] / əˌli viˈeɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR alleviation ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of alleviating. something that alleviates or palliates. Origin of alleviation1615–25; <Medieval Latin alleviātiōn- (stem of alleviātiō), equivalent to alleviāt(us) (see alleviate) + -iōn--ion Words nearby alleviationallergy, allesthesia, allethrin, alleviant, alleviate, alleviation, alleviative, alleviator, all-expense, alley, alley cat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for alleviationIn some of China’s regions, poverty alleviation schemes have reportedly led to forced labor. The pandemic’s ‘new poor’: Poverty in parts of Asia could rise for the first time in 20 years|eamonbarrett|September 29, 2020|Fortune The inhabitant of San Ambrosio shall be indebted to him for an alleviation of his sorrows; for companionship in them. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or The Real Robinson Crusoe|Joseph Xavier Saintine Uncertain as to the nature of her disease, and unable to offer any alleviation of her sufferings, I retired to my apartment. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844|Various We have illustrated first, the fact of orphanage, and secondly, the secondary relations that may be its alleviation. The Hearth-Stone|Samuel Osgood
Did the inhuman monsters gloat over the sufferings of these unfortunates, and deny them even the alleviation of physical pain? The first object to which artificial induction of trance may be turned, is the cure or alleviation of certain forms of disease. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847|Various
Words related to alleviationmitigation, assuagement, easement, ease, comfort, abatement, remedy, palliation, palliative, salving |