†alleˈvationObs.rare.[ad.L. allevātiōn-em a raising up, an alleviating,f.allevāre: see alleve.]=alleviation (for which, in the second instance, it may be amispr.).1502Ord.Cryst.Men (W. de Worde) iv. iii. (1506) 170And this alleuacyon they fynde by certayne operacyons.1689Myst.Iniq. 40That an explanation of these Impositions, and such Allevations, be allowed to the tenderly Considerate.