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Noun: alleviation  u`leevee'eyshun
  1. The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
    - relief, assuagement
     
  2. The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
    - easing, easement, relief

Derived forms: alleviations

See also: alleviate

Type of: comfort, decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down

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