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alleviative(adj) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear, Syn. mitigative, mitigatory, palliative, lenitive, alleviatory
alleviator(n) a therapist who makes suffering more endurable

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Alleviate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alleviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Alleviating. ] [ LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See Alegge, Levity. ] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [ of flying birds ]. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To extenuate; to palliate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He alleviates his fault by an excuse. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To lessen; diminish; soften; mitigate; assuage; abate; relieve; nullify; allay. -- To Alleviate, Mitigate, Assuage, Allay. These words have in common the idea of relief from some painful state; and being all figurative, they differ in their application, according to the image under which this idea is presented. Alleviate supposes a load which is lightened or taken off; as, to alleviate one's cares. Mitigate supposes something fierce which is made mild; as, to mitigate one's anguish. Assuage supposes something violent which is quieted; as, to assuage one's sorrow. Allay supposes something previously excited, but now brought down; as, to allay one's suffering or one's thirst. To alleviate the distresses of life; to mitigate the fierceness of passion or the violence of grief; to assuage angry feeling; to allay wounded sensibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

alleviated

adj. 1. 1 made less severe or intense. unmitigated
Syn. -- eased, relieved, mitigated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Alleviation

n. [ LL. alleviatio. ] 1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alleviative

a. Tending to alleviate. -- n. That which alleviates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alleviator

n. One who, or that which, alleviates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alleviatory

a. Alleviative. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

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