| verb | provide physical relief, as from pain “This pill will relieve your headaches” |
| verb | make easier “you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge” |
| adjective | (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear |
| alleviatory | adjective | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear |
| alleviative | adjective | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear |
| alleviation | noun | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| alleviator | noun | a therapist who makes suffering more endurable |
| alleviant | noun | remedy that alleviates pain without curing |
| palliative | adjective | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear |
| palliation | noun | easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause |
| assuagement | noun | the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced |
| facilitative | adjective | freeing from difficulty or impediment |
| facilitation | noun | the condition of being made easy (or easier) |
| facilitator | noun | someone who makes progress easier |
| easing | noun | a change for the better |