'alleviation' definitions:
Definition of 'alleviation'
(from WordNet)
noun
The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" [syn: relief, alleviation, assuagement]
noun
Synonyms of 'alleviation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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