The Only Use of
alleviate
in
Wuthering Heights
- It was kindness for him which induced me to bear it alone: had I expressed the agony I frequently felt, he would have been taught to long for its alleviation as ardently as I. However, it's over, and I'll take no revenge on his folly; I can afford to suffer anything hereafter!†
Chpt 10alleviation = something that lessens something that is bad; or an instance of lessening something that is bad
Definition:
to lessen something that is bad -- especially to lessen pain