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alleviation

[ uh-lee-vee-ey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1615–25; from Medieval Latin alleviātiōn-, stem of alleviātiō, from alleviāt(us) “lightened” ( alleviate ) + -iō -ion

Mayberg has reported patients experiencing a palpable alleviation of their symptoms right in the operating room.

Nevertheless, there is a certain frame of mind to which a cemetery is, if not an antidote, at least an alleviation.

I must tell you that in my sickness I had a huge alleviation and began a new story.

These were a happy alleviation to us, and at our noon halting-place we enjoyed the rare luxury of a full meal.

But the defeat and death of Mansfeld brought no alleviation.

He provided the medicines, and every other means of alleviation.

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