alleviate

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

al·le·vi·ate (ə-lēʹvē-āt')tr.v. al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates
To make (pain, for example) more bearable:
a drug that alleviates cold symptoms.
See Synonyms at relieve. [Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin alleviāre, alleviāt-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light; See legʷh- in Indo-European Roots.] al·le'vi·aʹtion n.al·leʹvi·a'tor n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  facilitate, ease, relieve, palliate, assuage