alleviation

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-- strikes me as not being the best way to begin a dialogue on poverty alleviation.

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Quick take

the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of alleviation gathered in one view.

noun

the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"

noun

the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for alleviation.

noun

the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"

noun

the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain"

Example sentences

-- strikes me as not being the best way to begin a dialogue on poverty alleviation.

To your employer, there's no situation that needs alleviation.

For the longest time my only logical approach to alleviation was a frontal lobotomy.

While the drug did reduce the time to first alleviation of symptoms by an average of 21 hours, it did not reduce the number of people who went on to need hospital treatment.

There are many psychological diseases, at least in part based on memory, whose alleviation would be worth the risk of complications developing decades down the line.

The 100 million upwardly mobile middle and richer class living in walled inner cities and the 900 million+ poor and desperate people who need all kinds of poverty alleviation that the government can provide.

You often find comments in such articles saying that India should be focusing on poverty alleviation, healthcare, and infrastructure instead of investing in a space program.

I am very intrigued by the fact that stimulating a part of the brain thought to be responsible for selecting motor acts can result in alleviation of something as complicated and "cognitive" as depression.

I might be willing to bet on Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia that have the advantage of being close to current manufacturing centers both culturally and physically, but I would not bet that modernization will provide any alleviation of the suffering experienced by Africans in the same way that it is improving living standards in China.