The act or process of making something less severe, painful, or burdensome; a reduction in suffering or difficulty.
From Old French alever plus the suffix -ation (act or process of). This noun form emerged to describe the action of alleviating as a distinct concept.
Palliative care doctors talk about 'alleviation' as their primary goal—not cure, but making the unbearable bearable, and this shift in medicine's language reflects a major shift in how we think about helping people.
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