[uh-lee-vee-ey-shuh
n] 
| 1. | the act of alleviating. |
| 2. | something that alleviates or palliates. |
| al·le·vi·ate (ə-lē'vē-āt') tr.v. al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates To make (pain, for example) more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve. [Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin alleviāre, alleviāt-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.] al·le'vi·a'tion n., al·le'vi·a'tor n. |