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▪ I. alleviating, vbl. n.|əˈliːvɪeɪtɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of making lighter, less grave, or less severe. (Mostly gerundial.)
1691Ray Creation (1714) 149 [These] conduce much to the alleviating the body and facilitating the flight (of birds). 1757Johnson Rambl. No. 183 ⁋2 The hope of alleviating the sense of our disparity. 1758― Idler No. 31 ⁋11 The misery..he has many means of alleviating. ▪ II. alleviating, ppl. a.|əˈliːvɪeɪtɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Lightening, mitigating, extenuating.
1789Bentham Princ. Legisl. xi. §42 The alleviating circumstance is only a matter of presumption. |