alleviate
verbUK /əˈliːvieɪt/
US /əˈliːvieɪt/
To make pain or trouble feel smaller or easier.
The medicine helped alleviate her headache.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. To make a problem less serious.
The new plan may alleviate traffic problems.
3. To make something feel lighter or more bearable.
A kind word can alleviate someone's sadness.
4. To reduce the strength of something bad.
They worked to alleviate the effects of the storm.