alleviatory

2 definitions found

alleviatory - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alleviatory \Al*le"vi*a*to*ry\, a.
     Alleviative. --Carlyle.
     [1913 Webster]

alleviatory - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alleviatory
      adj 1: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
             [syn: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive,
             mitigative, mitigatory, palliative]