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| | alleviate | (อะลี' วิเอท) vt. บรรเทา, ทำให้น้อยลง, Syn. lessen, mitigate, Ant. aggravate | | alleviation | (อะลีวิเอ' เชิน) n. การบรรเทา, การทำให้น้อยลง, สิ่งที่บรรเทาหรือทำให้น้อยลง | | alleviative | (อะลี' วิเอทิฟว, อะลี' วอะโทรี) adj. ซึ่งทำให้ลดน้อยลง, ซึ่งบรรเทา |
| | | alleviate | (vt) ทำให้บรรเทา, See also: soothe, allay, A. exacerbate, Syn. relieve |
| | | | | Alleviate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alleviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Alleviating. ] [ LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See Alegge, Levity. ] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ] Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [ of flying birds ]. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. [ 1913 Webster ] The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To extenuate; to palliate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] He alleviates his fault by an excuse. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- To lessen; diminish; soften; mitigate; assuage; abate; relieve; nullify; allay. -- To Alleviate, Mitigate, Assuage, Allay. These words have in common the idea of relief from some painful state; and being all figurative, they differ in their application, according to the image under which this idea is presented. Alleviate supposes a load which is lightened or taken off; as, to alleviate one's cares. Mitigate supposes something fierce which is made mild; as, to mitigate one's anguish. Assuage supposes something violent which is quieted; as, to assuage one's sorrow. Allay supposes something previously excited, but now brought down; as, to allay one's suffering or one's thirst. To alleviate the distresses of life; to mitigate the fierceness of passion or the violence of grief; to assuage angry feeling; to allay wounded sensibility. [ 1913 Webster ] | | alleviated | adj. 1. 1 made less severe or intense. unmitigated
Syn. -- eased, relieved, mitigated. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Alleviation | n. [ LL. alleviatio. ] 1. The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. [ 1913 Webster ] I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Alleviative | a. Tending to alleviate. -- n. That which alleviates. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Alleviator | n. One who, or that which, alleviates. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Alleviatory | a. Alleviative. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 緩和 | [かんわ, kanwa] (n, vs) relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation; softening; (P) #6,999 [Add to Longdo] | | 解熱 | [げねつ, genetsu] (n, vs, adj-no) alleviation of fever; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 負担軽減 | [ふたんけいげん, futankeigen] (n) burden reduction; alleviation of a burden [Add to Longdo] | | 平準化 | [へいじゅんか, heijunka] (n) leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization [Add to Longdo] | | 和らぎ | [やわらぎ, yawaragi] (n) alleviation; abatement; peacefulness [Add to Longdo] |
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