alleviation
noun/əˌliːviˈeɪʃən/
Etymology From alleviate + -ion.
1
The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation.
- The only light is from a high barred window, and it is not so much light as an alleviation of the murk.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 660:
2
the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement