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alleviator

Noun

1 a therapist who makes suffering more endurable
2 remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn: palliative, alleviant]

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English

Noun

  1. That who or which alleviates.
    Blessed is he who is an alleviator of suffering.
    Aspirin is an alleviator of headaches.
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