Making something less severe, intense, or painful; providing relief or reduction of negative conditions. Acting to ease or diminish problems or suffering.
From Latin 'alleviare' meaning 'to lighten' or 'to lift up,' from 'ad' (to) and 'levis' (light). The word entered English in the 15th century with the medical sense of reducing pain or symptoms.
Alleviating is like being a burden-lifter for problems—it doesn't make them disappear completely, but it makes them much more manageable! It's the difference between curing a disease and making the symptoms bearable.
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