alleviate distress

Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words

formal term for making suffering less severe

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Examples (10)

  • The goal of this therapy is to alleviate the patient's emotional distress.
  • Government aid was essential to alleviate the widespread financial distress after the crisis.
  • A kind word from a friend can sometimes alleviate deep personal distress.
  • Palliative care focuses on how to best alleviate the physical distress of terminally ill patients.
  • We implemented new policies intended to alleviate the distress of families affected by the flood.
  • Alleviating the psychological distress of disaster victims is a top priority for rescue teams.
  • The charity's primary mission is to alleviate the distress caused by poverty and conflict.
  • His calm presence did much to alleviate her obvious distress during the difficult meeting.
  • Meditation and mindfulness are effective techniques that can alleviate mental distress.
  • The international community must act to alleviate the humanitarian distress in the war-torn region.