alleviation

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Meaning

The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

That which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.

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There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is when the garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off. Thomas Henry Huxley

I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing consensus that the generally accepted goals of society are peace, freedom, human rights, environmental quality, the alleviation of suffering, and the rule of law. Jimmy Carter

The alleviation of the condition of insanity has also been accomplished now... L. Ron Hubbard

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. Albert Camus

Happiness, remarked Maury Noble one day, is only the first hour after the alleviation of some especially intense misery. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Decoupling growth from environmental degradation is the number one challenge facing governments in a world of rising numbers of people, rising incomes, rising consumption demands and the persistent challenge of poverty alleviation. Achim Steiner

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