"alleviate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈli.vi.eɪt/ Audio: en-us-alleviate.ogg [US] Forms: alleviates [present, singular, third-person], alleviating [participle, present], alleviated [participle, past], alleviated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviāre (“to lighten; to alleviate”) Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|LL.|alleviatus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin alleviatus, {{bor+|en|LL.|alleviatus}} Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, {{m|la|allevio|alleviāre|t=to lighten; to alleviate}} alleviāre (“to lighten; to alleviate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} alleviate (third-person singular simple present alleviates, present participle alleviating, simple past and past participle alleviated)
  1. (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty. Tags: transitive Synonyms: address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease, mitigate, quell, relieve Derived forms: alleviated, alleviatingly, alleviation, alleviative, alleviator Translations (make less severe): خَفَّفَ (ḵaffafa) (Arabic), لَطَّفَ (laṭṭafa) (Arabic), سَكَّنَ (sakkana) (Arabic), մեղմել (meġmel) (Armenian), մեղմացնել (meġmacʻnel) (Armenian), yüngülləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), asanlaşdırmaq (Azerbaijani), змякча́ць (zmjakčácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), উপশম (upośom) (Bengali), облекча́вам (oblekčávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), смекча́вам (smekčávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), mitigar (Catalan), pal·liar (Catalan), 減輕 (Chinese Mandarin), 减轻 (jiǎnqīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 緩和 (Chinese Mandarin), 缓和 (huǎnhé) (alt: as in 减轻痛苦 (jiǎnqīng tòngkǔ, “to alleviate suffering”).) (Chinese Mandarin), lindre (note: of pain) (Danish), mildne (note: of pain) (Danish), hjælpe på (note: of pain) (Danish), lette (english: make easier) (Danish), dulme (note: of pain) (Danish), tage brodden af (note: of pain) (Danish), milderen (Dutch), temperen (Dutch), verlichten (Dutch), verzachten (Dutch), mildigi (Esperanto), moderigi (Esperanto), kergendama (Estonian), leevendama (Estonian), lætta (Faroese), linna (Faroese), helpottaa (Finnish), lievittää (Finnish), adoucir (French), calmer (French), soulager (French), aliviar (Galician), შემსუბუქება (šemsubukeba) (Georgian), mildern (German), lindern (German), abschwächen (German), ανακουφίζω (anakoufízo) (Greek), καταπραΰνω (katapraÿ́no) (Greek), להקל (Hebrew), enyhít (Hungarian), csillapít (Hungarian), létta (Icelandic), កាត់បន្ថយ (kat bɑntʰɑɑy) (Khmer), សម្រាល (sɑmraal) (Khmer), lēniō (Latin), lindre (Norwegian), łagodzić (Polish), aliviar (Portuguese), ușura (Romanian), alina (Romanian), calma (Romanian), облегча́ть (oblexčátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), смягча́ть (smjaxčátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), снима́ть (snimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), aotromaich (Scottish Gaelic), ublažiti (Slovene), omiliti (Slovene), olajšati (Slovene), aliviar (Spanish), mitigar (Spanish), paliar (Spanish), lindra (Swedish), mildra (Swedish), avhjälpa (Swedish), azaltmak (Turkish), dindirmek (Turkish), hafifletmek [law] (Turkish), אױפֿמונטערן (oyfmuntern) (Yiddish), לינדערן (lindern) (Yiddish), פֿאַרלײַכֿטערן (farlaykhtern) (Yiddish), פֿאַרגרינגערן (fargringern) (Yiddish), מילדערן (mildern) (Yiddish)

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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "উপশম"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "減輕"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎnqīng",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "减轻"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "note": "of pain",
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          "note": "of pain",
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          "note": "of pain",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "note": "of pain",
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          "word": "dulme"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "note": "of pain",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "temperen"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "verlichten"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "verzachten"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "lætta"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "linna"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "helpottaa"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "lievittää"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "adoucir"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "calmer"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "soulager"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "aliviar"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šemsubukeba",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "შემსუბუქება"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "mildern"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "lindern"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "abschwächen"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anakoufízo",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "ανακουφίζω"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katapraÿ́no",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "καταπραΰνω"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "להקל"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "enyhít"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "csillapít"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "létta"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kat bɑntʰɑɑy",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "កាត់បន្ថយ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑmraal",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "សម្រាល"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "lēniō"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "lindre"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "łagodzić"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "aliviar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "ușura"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "alina"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "calma"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oblexčátʹ",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "облегча́ть"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "smjaxčátʹ",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "snimátʹ",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "снима́ть"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "aotromaich"
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        {
          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "ublažiti"
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        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "omiliti"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "olajšati"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "aliviar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "mitigar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "paliar"
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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "avhjälpa"
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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "roman": "oyfmuntern",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "lindern",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "farlaykhtern",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "פֿאַרלײַכֿטערן"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "fargringern",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "פֿאַרגרינגערן"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "mildern",
          "sense": "make less severe",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "سَكَّنَ"
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      "roman": "meġmel",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "մեղմել"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "meġmacʻnel",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "մեղմացնել"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "yüngülləşdirmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "asanlaşdırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zmjakčácʹ",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "змякча́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "upośom",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "উপশম"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oblekčávam",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "облекча́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smekčávam",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "смекча́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "mitigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "pal·liar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "減輕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnqīng",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "减轻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "緩和"
    },
    {
      "alt": "as in 减轻痛苦 (jiǎnqīng tòngkǔ, “to alleviate suffering”).",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǎnhé",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "缓和"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of pain",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of pain",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "mildne"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of pain",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "hjælpe på"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "english": "make easier",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lette"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of pain",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "dulme"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of pain",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "tage brodden af"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "milderen"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "temperen"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "verlichten"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "verzachten"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "mildigi"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "moderigi"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "kergendama"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "leevendama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lætta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "linna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "helpottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lievittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "adoucir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "calmer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "soulager"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "aliviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šemsubukeba",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "შემსუბუქება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "mildern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lindern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "abschwächen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anakoufízo",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "ανακουφίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katapraÿ́no",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "καταπραΰνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "להקל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "enyhít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "csillapít"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "létta"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kat bɑntʰɑɑy",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "កាត់បន្ថយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑmraal",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "សម្រាល"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lēniō"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "łagodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "aliviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "ușura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "alina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "calma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oblexčátʹ",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "облегча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smjaxčátʹ",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "смягча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уменьша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snimátʹ",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "снима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "aotromaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "ublažiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "omiliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "olajšati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "aliviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "mitigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "paliar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lindra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "mildra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "avhjälpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "azaltmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "dindirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "topics": [
        "law"
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      "word": "hafifletmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oyfmuntern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "אױפֿמונטערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "lindern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "לינדערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farlaykhtern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "פֿאַרלײַכֿטערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fargringern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "פֿאַרגרינגערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "mildern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "מילדערן"
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}

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