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Definitions for alleviated. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word alleviated. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: alleviated, eased, relieved(adj) (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear.
Usage: Ameliorate is sometimes confused with alleviate but the words are not synonymous. Ameliorate comes ultimately from the Latin for `better', and means `to improve'. The nouns it typically goes with are condition, and situation. Alleviate means `to lessen', and frequently occurs with poverty, suffering, pain, symptoms, and effects. Occasionally ameliorate is used with effects and poverty where the other verb may be more appropriate.