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Alleviated

To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

📖 Definitions of "Alleviated"

verb

1
To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.
"Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day."

adjective

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
mitigated	(of problems or flaws) Lessened, reduced, or diminished, and thereby made better, improved.
eased	Made easier, more relaxed, or less stressed.
relieved	Experiencing or exhibiting relief; freed from stress or discomfort.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
relieved	Experiencing or exhibiting relief; freed from stress or discomfort.
mitigatedverb	(of problems or flaws) Lessened, reduced, or diminished, and thereby made better, improved.
eased	Made easier, more relaxed, or less stressed.
tempered	(in combination) Having a specified disposition or temper.
amelioratedverb	Having had problem(s) improved upon; having been the subject of amelioration.
improved	That has been made better; enhanced.
mitigating	That serves to mitigate.
mitigateverb	(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
simplifiednoun	Made more simple; having its complexity reduced.
softened	Made soft.
enlightenednoun	Educated or informed.
relaxed	Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.
ridverb	(transitive) (also reflexive) Followed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
offsetverb	(transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
reduced	Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.
lessened	Having been lessened.
diminished	lessened, reduced
attenuated	Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
weakened	Reduced; made less strong.
diluted	That has had something added in order to dilute it.