Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

00354884-n 'the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)';

Chinese (simplified)	减轻 , 缓和
English	relief ₁ , easing ( ⊳ ) , easement ( ⊳ ⊳ ) , alleviation ( ⊳ )
Indonesian	lega , kelegaan
Japanese	軽減 , 慰め , 緩和

Definitions

English: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
― he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain
Japanese: 不快な（痛みまたは不快感のような）何かを減少する行為
― 彼は看護師に、絶えず続く痛みを和らげてくれるよう頼んだ

Relations

Hyponym:	decompression detente liberalization palliation spasmolysis
Hypernym:	decrease
Semantic Field:	act_n

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ ▲ ▷ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.181; Future: 0.000)

SentiWN: ▲ ▽ (+0.12 -0.00) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▼ (+0.25 -0.50)