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alleviation

noun

1 alleviation

The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced.

synonyms: assuagement, relief.

Dutch: ontlasting, verzachting, leniging, opbeuring, verlichting

2 alleviation

The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance).

synonyms: easement, easing, relief.

Roget 834: relief; deliverance; refreshment etc. 689; easement, softening, alleviation, mitigation, palliation, soothing, lullaby.    solace, ... show more

Dutch: bevrijding, leniging, ontlasting, opluchting, verademing, verlichting
Polish: Ĺ‚agodnienie


Moby thesaurus: abatement, abridgment, allayment, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, attenuation, blunting, calming, contraction, dampening, damping, deadening, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation ... show more.

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