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alleviating
Variant of alleviate
transitive verb alleviated, alleviating
- to make less hard to bear; lighten or relieve (pain, suffering, etc.)
- to reduce or decrease: to alleviate poverty
Related Forms:
- alleviator noun
- alleviative adjective or alleviatory
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