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1. Provide physical relief, as from pain
   "This pill will alleviate your headaches";
   - relieve, palliate, assuage
    
2. Make easier
   "you could alleviate the process by sharing your knowledge";
   - facilitate, ease, grease [informal]

Derived forms: alleviated, alleviates, alleviating

Type of: aid, ameliorate, amend, assist, better, help, improve, meliorate, mend

Encyclopedia: Alleviate