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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alleviate /əˈliːvɪeɪt/

▶verb make (pain or difficulty) less severe.

– derivatives
alleviation noun,
alleviative adjective,
alleviator noun.

– origin ME: from late L. alleviat-, alleviare ‘lighten’, from L. allevare, from ad- ‘to’ + levare ‘raise’, influenced by levis ‘light’.

'alleviation' also found in these Oxford entries:

alleviate - bronchodilator - relief

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