Associations to the word «Alleviation»
Noun
Wiktionary
ALLEVIATION, noun. The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation
ALLEVIATION, noun. The act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
Dictionary definition
ALLEVIATION, noun. The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief".
ALLEVIATION, noun. The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.