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hafifletmek — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alleviate verb To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.
  • lighten verb To make or become brighter.
  • mitigate verb To make something less severe, harmful, or serious.
  • palliate verb To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
  • relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.

Senses

hafifletmek is used for these senses in English:

  • alleviate (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
  • lighten (transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
  • mitigate (transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
  • palliate To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. [from 15th c.]

lighten — full definition

  1. verb To make or become brighter.
  2. verb To make something less heavy or less burdensome.
  3. verb To become more cheerful, or to make a mood less serious.

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