| alleviative | (adj) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear, Syn. mitigative, mitigatory, palliative, lenitive, alleviatory |
| Mitigative | a. [ L. mitigativus: cf. F. mitigatif. ] Tending to mitigate; alleviating. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| mildernd | mitigative [Add to Longdo] |