11 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
noun the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
noun the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
originEtymology tree English alleviate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English alleviation From alleviate + -ion.
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