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单词 alleviation
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alleviationn.

Brit. /əˌliːvɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌliviˈeɪʃən/
Forms: Middle English alleuiacioun, Middle English aleuiacion, 1600s alleuiation, 1500s– alleviation.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alleviation-, alleviatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin alleviation-, alleviatio relief, easing (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), action of lightening (13th cent. in a British source), lightening of expense, pain or sickness, punishment, etc. (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources) < alleviat- , past participial stem of alleviare alleviate v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French aleviacion , alleviation relief, easing (14th cent.; earliest in a medical text), Old Occitan alleviacio (14th cent. in an isolated attestation). Compare alleviate v.
The action of alleviating something; relief, mitigation. Also: an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > mitigation or alleviation
allegeancec1325
swaging1340
legeancec1390
mitigationa1400
swagea1400
allegementa1425
alleging?a1425
alleviation?a1425
lighteningc1425
queeming1440
allevation1502
soberinga1510
extenuation1542
assuagement1561
releasement1569
assuaging1580
assuage1596
mitification1607
allayment1609
palliation1813
soothing1847
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > consolation or relief
lightingOE
leathc1175
comfort?c1225
solacec1290
solacec1290
lithec1300
comfortingc1320
allegeancec1325
swaging1340
froa1350
releasec1350
consolationc1374
legeancec1390
reliefa1393
comfortationa1400
leathinga1400
swagea1400
allegementa1425
alleviation?a1425
recreation?a1425
refrigery?a1425
lighteningc1425
recomfortc1425
mitigation?1435
recomforting1487
recreancea1500
allevation1502
easement1533
solacy1534
ease1542
cheer1549
assuagement1561
refreshing1561
easing1580
recomfortation1585
recomforture1595
assuage1596
allevement1599
mitification1607
allayment1609
solagement1609
levation1656
solacement1721
solation1757
soulagement1777
consolement1797
de-tension1949
de-tensioning1952
tea and sympathy1953
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 135v Aleuiacionz [?c1425 Paris lyȝtnynge; L. alleuiatio] after gode digestionz & euacuacionz..Accidentale defenez..which so euer is interpolate & haþ alleuiacioun [?c1425 Paris allegeaunce or liȝtnynge; L. alleuiationem], may be cured.
c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 92 (MED) It [sc. a nosebleed] is good whanne it [sc. the blood] goiþ out wiþ alleuiacioun or liȝtnesse of þe pacient.
1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 31 The disease gave her some reasonable time of intermission, with some alleuiation of the accidents.
1699 G. Harvey Vanities Philos. & Physick x. 91 This seeming alleviation doth oft incourage the Physician to a continuated use of Dormitives.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 76. ⁋5 It has always been considered as an alleviation of misery not to suffer alone.
1771 E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses 4 Small Alleviation of the yoke of Servitude.
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism vi. 195 Some grateful alleviation of the inward torment.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 662 An alleviation of the heavy imposts under which the people groaned.
1916 Biblical World 47 89 Absolute monarchy was not without its alleviations.
1984 C. F. Barlow Headaches & Migraine in Childhood iii. 34 Restriction of the intake of milk and milk products resulted in significant alleviation of symptoms.
2007 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) July 106/1 The alleviation of misery by a ‘solidarity fund’ has been adopted by the United Nations as a model program.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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