alleviation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˌliːviˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

alleviation (countable and uncountable, plural alleviations)

1. the act of alleviating; relief or mitigation
2. the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement

Translations

alleviation

• Arabic: تَخْفِيف m (taḵfīf), تَسْكِين m (taskīn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減輕／减轻 (zh) (jiǎnqīng), 减轻 (zh) (jiǎnqīng), 緩和／缓和 (zh) (huǎnhé), 缓和 (zh) (huǎnhé)

• French: allégement (fr) m, soulagement (fr) m
• German: Erleichterung (de) f, Linderung (de) f, Milderung f
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• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 軽減 (ja) (けいげん, keigen), 緩和 (ja) (かんわ, kanwa)
• Latin: levamentum n
• Portuguese: alívio (pt) m
• Russian: облегче́ние (ru) n (oblexčénije), смягче́ние (ru) (smjaxčénije)
• Spanish: alivio (es) m