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Alleviation

//əˌliːviˈeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) wordnet
  3. 3
    the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced wordnet

Etymology

From alleviate + -ion.

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