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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Alleviation \Al*le`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. alleviatio.]
     1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or
        severity; mitigation; relief.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I have not wanted such alleviations of life as
              friendship could supply.              --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Alleviation \Al*le`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. alleviatio.]
     1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or
        severity; mitigation; relief.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  alleviation
       n 1: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed
            or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly
            flooded with relief" [syn: relief, assuagement]
       2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or
          annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the
          constant pain" [syn: easing, easement, relief]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  alleviation
     n.
     1 the act of alleviate; relief or mitigation.
     2 the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  alleviation
     n.
     1 the act of alleviate; relief or mitigation.
     2 the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  alleviation
     n.
     1 the act of alleviate; relief or mitigation.
     2 the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  alleviation
     n.
     1 the act of alleviate; relief or mitigation.
     2 the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  alleviation
     Englanti n.
     lieventäminen, helpottaminen, lievittäminen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Alleviation /ɐlˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən/
  التّسكين

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  alleviation /ɐlˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən/ 
  zmírnění

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  alleviation /ɐlˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən/
  Ablagerung , Ablagern , Absetzen  [chem.]  [envir.]  [geol.]  [techn.]
           Note: von etw.
           Note: Vorgang
     Synonyms: deposition, laying-down, settling, scale
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  alleviation /ɐlˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən/
  Abschwächung , Erleichterung , Verminderung 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  alleviation /ɐlˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən/
  Linderung 
     Synonyms: relief, easing
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  alleviation /ɐlˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən/ 
  1. उपशम
        "The govt. has introduced schemes for the alleviation of poverty."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  alleviation /ɐlˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən/
  olakšanje, ublaženje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  alleviation /ɐlˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən/
  1. enyhítés
  2. csillapítás
  3. könnyítés

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  alleviation //əˌliːviˈeɪʃən// 
  緩和, 軽減
  alleviation

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  alleviation /əˌli:vɪˈeɪʃən/ 
    zmniejszenie, zelżenie (of sth - czegoś)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  alleviation /ɐlˌiːvɪˈeɪʃən/ 
  alívio

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  alleviation //əˌliːviˈeɪʃən// 
  lättnad
  alleviation

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˌɫiviˈeɪʃən/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "alleviation":
     abatement, abridgment, allayment, analgesia, anesthesia,
     anesthetizing, appeasement, assuagement, attenuation, blunting,
     calming, contraction, dampening, damping, deadening, decrease,
     decrement, decrescence, deduction, deflation, demulsion,
     depreciation, depression, diminishment, diminution, disburdening,
     disencumberment, dulcification, dulling, dying, dying off, ease,
     easement, easing, extenuation, fade-out, falling-off, hushing,
     languishment, leniency, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening,
     loosening, lowering, lulling, miniaturization, mitigation,
     modulation, mollification, numbing, pacification, palliation,
     quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relief, remedy,
     remission, sagging, salving, scaling down, simplicity, slackening,
     softening, soothing, subduement, subtraction, tempering,
     tranquilization, unballasting, unburdening, unfreighting, unlading,
     unloading, unsaddling, untaxing, weakening
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 减轻,缓和,解痛物;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 减轻,缓和,镇痛物

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