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alleviation

alleviation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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1.That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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What is that which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson called?

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Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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