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alleviate

Verb

IPA /əˈliːvɪˌeɪt/

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To make an unpleasant feeling, problem or difficult condition less severe, even if it does not disappear completely.

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alleviate/əˈliːvɪˌeɪt/

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alleviate — To make an unpleasant feeling, problem or difficult condition less severe, even if it does not disappear completely.

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To make an unpleasant feeling, problem or difficult condition less severe, even if it does not disappear completely.

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From Late Latin alleviare, related to Latin levis, meaning light.

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Alleviation is the noun for the process of making something less severe.

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