alleviation

Nouns

  • (n) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
    • as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief
    assuagement, relief,
  • (n) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
    • he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain
    easement, easing, relief,

Synonyms

assuagement relief easement easing

Words of close approximity

alleviative