Erleichterung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- alleviation noun The act of making a problem, such as pain or hardship, less severe.
- ease noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- facilitation noun The act of making something easier to do.
- mitigation noun The act of reducing the severity, seriousness, or impact of something harmful.
- relief noun A feeling of ease or reassurance after the removal of stress, pain, or worry.
- reprieve verb To cancel or delay a punishment, especially an execution.
Senses
Erleichterung is used for these senses in English:
- facilitation The act of facilitating or making easy.
- facilitation (physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.
- mitigation A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.
- relief The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- reprieve Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
alleviation — full definition
- noun The act of making a problem, such as pain or hardship, less severe.
- noun The reduction of pain or something else unpleasant; a sense of ease.
ease — full definition
- noun The quality of being simple or effortless.
- noun A relaxed state, free from worry, pain, or awkwardness.
- verb To make something less difficult, painful, or intense.
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