Antonyms for alleviation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-lee-vee-ey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : əˌli viˈeɪ ʃən

injury

Definition of alleviation

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French aleviacion or directly from Medieval Latin alleviationem (nominative alleviatio), noun of action from past participle stem of alleviare (see alleviate).

noun relief

Example sentences :

But such an alleviation of my anguish is forbidden to my reason.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Let me suffer, and let me have what alleviation belongs to my condition.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

When she had gone they were conscious of an alleviation, and of the great beauty of the evening.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

But the defeat and death of Mansfeld brought no alleviation.
Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax

Her visits to the Schulenberg tenement were always an alleviation to her unhappiness.
Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston

Then in their not infrequent sickness there was alleviation and comfort waiting for them.
Extract from : « A Girl of the Klondike » by Victoria Cross

He provided the medicines, and every other means of alleviation.
Extract from : « My Recollections of Lord Byron » by Teresa Guiccioli

The door shut him in and shut away the last chance of alleviation.
Extract from : « Christmas Roses and Other Stories » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

If I could suffer alone, it would be an alleviation of my anguish, but I cannot.
Extract from : « The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2) » by Timothy East

How devoutly to be wished is the alleviation of his danger and distress!
Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper

Synonyms for alleviation

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