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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced;
- Example: "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"
[syn: relief, alleviation, assuagement]

2. the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance);
- Example: "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"
[syn: easing, easement, alleviation, relief]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alleviation \Al*le`vi*a"tion\, n. [LL. alleviatio.]
   1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or
      severity; mitigation; relief.
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   2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.
      [1913 Webster]

            I have not wanted such alleviations of life as
            friendship could supply.              --Johnson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alleviation
    n 1: 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]
    2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or
       annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant
       pain" [syn: easing, easement, alleviation, relief]