alleviation (n.)
- abatement
- abridgment
- analgesia
- anesthesia
- appeasement
- assuagement
- attenuation
- calming
- contraction
- dampening
- deadening
- decrease
- decrement
- deduction
- deflation
- depreciation
- depression
- diminution
- dying
- ease
- easement
- easing
- extenuation
- hushing
- leniency
- lessening
- letdown
- letup
- lightening
- loosening
- lowering
- miniaturization
- mitigation
- modulation
- mollification
- pacification
- palliation
- reduction
- relaxation
- relief
- remedy
- remission
- simplicity
- slackening
- softening
- subtraction
- tempering
- unloading
- weakening