alleviation
pronunciation
How to pronounce alleviation in British English:
UK [əˌli:vɪ'eɪʃn]
How to pronounce alleviation in American English:
US [əˌlivɪˈeʃən]
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- Noun:
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
Word Origin
- alleviation (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French aleviacion or directly from Medieval Latin alleviationem (nominative alleviatio), noun of action from past participle stem of alleviare (see alleviate).
Example
- 1. The country 's authorities see coal as a " poverty alleviation " tool to spread electricity across the country .
- 2. Yet economic theory has less to say about what happens when guilt alleviation is the private benefit of an impure public good .
- 3. But I bet more people go for massage looking for mental relief , as an antidote to stress , than for purely physical alleviation of pain .
- 4. That correlation led dr flor to wonder if the alleviation of pain caused by the mirror treatment might be the result of a reversal of the neurological changes associated with telescoping .
- 5. Yet there are still good reasons to buy offsets , as guilt alleviation is not necessarily a bad thing and the offset market may promote greater environmental awareness .