Synonyms for alleviation
Definitions
- n. 1
the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
- n. 2
The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.
Forms
- Plural
- alleviations → reliefs, mitigations, eases, abatements…
Example sentences
- relief Two relief trains will be put on this route today.
- ease I was surprised because he lifted me up with ease.
- mitigation There's a mitigation in the translation.
- abatement No cure was possible, despite the abatement of symptoms.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| alleviation | rising | |
| relief | steady | |
| ease | steady | |
| mitigation | rising | |
| abatement | falling | |
| palliation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ease1
- 6 letters
- relief2, solace2, easing2
- 7 letters
- release2, respite2
- 8 letters
- easement2
- 9 letters
- abatement3
- 10 letters
- mitigation4, palliation
- 11 letters
- appeasement3, assuagement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (relief2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- allègement
- Italiano
- alleggerimento
- Deutsch
- Erleichterung
- Català
- alleujament