(~s, alleviating, ~d)
If you ~ pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe. (FORMAL)
Nowadays, a great deal can be done to ~ back pain.
= ease
? aggravate
VERB: V n
alleviation
Their energies were focussed on the alleviation of the refugees’ misery.
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