Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

allevation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: al-l-e-va-tion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When infirmities are grown habitual and remedileſſe,all we can do is to give them ſome Reſpite and a little Allevation, that we may be leſſe ſenſible of the ſmart and ſting they ſmite us with."
"is it any allevation of your grief and horror that all your Family is together?"
"Tho' his Drunkenneſs was rather an aggravation, than an Excuſe of his Crime, yet this was what he inſiſted on, in allevation of it."

Etymology

From Latin allevātiō.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: allevātiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

allevations (plural)

Questions

What does allevation mean?: Alleviation.
Where does allevation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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