Associations to the word «Alleviation»
Noun
Wiktionary
ALLEVIATION, noun. The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation
ALLEVIATION, noun. The act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement
Dictionary definition
ALLEVIATION, noun. The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief".
ALLEVIATION, noun. The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain".
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.