ALLEVIATORY

alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative

(adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

alleviatory (comparative more alleviatory, superlative most alleviatory)

alleviative

Source: Wiktionary


Al*le"vi*a*to*ry, a.

Definition: Alleviative. Carlyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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