Usually means: Reduces severity or intensity effectively.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word alleviates:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. alleviates: Merriam-Webster
  2. alleviates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. alleviates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Alleviates, alleviates: Wordnik
  5. alleviates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. alleviates: Wiktionary
  7. alleviates: Dictionary.com
  8. alleviates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. alleviates: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alleviates: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. alleviates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. alleviates: Medical dictionary

(Note: See alleviate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (alleviate)

verb:  (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
▸ Also see alleviate


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