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Alleviation

British pronunciation/ɐlˌiːvɪˈe‍ɪʃən/
American pronunciation/əˌɫiviˈeɪʃən/
Alleviation
[NOUN]
1

the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

synonyms : assuagement
relief
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2

the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

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Examples
1But government propaganda openly promotes these as poverty alleviation initiatives.
2That's a conservation and poverty alleviation program in Madagascar.
3You know, we live in this moment the greatest alleviation of material poverty in all of human history.
4And we launched the first hunger campaign, hunger and poverty alleviation, in November of last year.
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