Meanings
plural alleviations
- countableuncountableThe act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.
The only light is from a high barred window, and it is not so much light as an alleviation of the murk.
2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 660
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
nounthe act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَخْفِيف, تَسْكِين
- تَخْفِيف (taḵfīf)alleviation
- تَسْكِين (taskīn)alleviation
Chinese Mandarin 減輕 /减轻, 緩和 /缓和
- 減輕 /减轻 (jiǎnqīng)alleviation
- 緩和 /缓和 (huǎnhé)alleviation
French allégement, soulagement
- allégementalleviation
- soulagementalleviation
German Erleichterung, Linderung
- Erleichterungalleviation
- Linderungalleviation
- Milderungalleviation
Irish maolú
- maolúalleviation
Japanese 軽減, 緩和
- 軽減 (keigen)alleviation
- 緩和 (kanwa)alleviation
Latin levamentum
- levamentumalleviation
Polish ulga, ukojenie
- ulgaalleviation
- ukojeniealleviation
- złagodzeniealleviation
Portuguese alívio
- alívioalleviation
Russian облегче́ние, смягче́ние
- облегче́ние (oblexčénije)alleviation
- смягче́ние (smjaxčénije)alleviation
Spanish aliviamiento
- aliviamientoalleviation
Swedish lättnad
- lättnadalleviation
Ukrainian поле́гшення
- поле́гшення (poléhšennja)alleviation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with alleviation
Cite this entry
alleviation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alleviation
“alleviation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alleviation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alleviation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alleviation.
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